Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '18 at 21:02
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 85 2-Core 195 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 541 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 107 Parallax 107 85% 106 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 86.3 74% 91.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 135 174 194 185 179 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44% Average	Read 240 Write 94.3 Mixed 124 SusWrite 162 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 18.4 65% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 81.3 DQ Mixed 60.8 55% 85.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 110%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 791GB free Firmware: MN6O SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 109 113 114 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 112 68% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: MN6O SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 150 146 148 148 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 160 Write 147 Mixed 88.9 SusWrite 148 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 85%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 5TB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 944GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 40 40 39 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 37.6 Write 38 Mixed 32.4 SusWrite 40.2 51% 37 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 102% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X4GBA1600C 2x4GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 11.4 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 - $380

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	435x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	202x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	23x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	22x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	35x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	28x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 65%, 473 samples	15x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16