Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics78.1% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-X79-UP4  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140319
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateJan 02 '19 at 00:15
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
69.6% Good
Memory 87.6
1-Core 97.7
2-Core 180
72% 122 Pts
4-Core 279
8-Core 496
47% 388 Pts
64-Core 503
31% 503 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 69.6%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.1% Very good
Lighting 98.8
Reflection 110
Parallax 93.8
80% 101 fps
MRender 92.9
Gravity 77.8
Splatting 95.7
73% 88.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 163 163 153 151 160 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
93.4% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 170
Mixed 50.8
SusWrite 159
99% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.5
128% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 93.4%
Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra 248GB
28GB free, PID 5581
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 10 15 15 15 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
11.4% Very poor
Read 28.7
Write 11
Mixed 15.2
SusWrite 14
21% 17.2 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 1.4
97% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 11.4%
Great: 36%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
71.3% Very good
MC Read 26.5
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 26.2
78% 27.1 GB/s
SC Read 12.4
SC Write 13.2
SC Mixed 11.7
36% 12.4 GB/s
Latency 69.9
57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-X79-UP4 Builds (Compare 897 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 - $480

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $802
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