Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics9.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120716
Uptime6.9 Days
Run DateJun 23 '19 at 18:43
Run Duration158 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
74.8% Very good
Memory 92.7
1-Core 98.2
2-Core 170
72% 120 Pts
4-Core 308
8-Core 494
49% 401 Pts
64-Core 490
30% 490 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112
MSI(1462 8A96) 2GB
CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
9.1% Terrible
Lighting 10.1
Reflection 9.42
Parallax 11.8
8% 10.5 fps
MRender 13.6
Gravity 12.2
Splatting 13.5
11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 9.1%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 166 165 175 167 177 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
96.7% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 158
Mixed 36.8
SusWrite 170
96% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 96.7%
Great: 108%
Specific STORAGE DEVICE 4GB
1GB free, PID 201a
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 4 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.3 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
4.1% Terrible
Read 13.5
Write 0.7
Mixed 4.3
SusWrite 4.1
6% 5.65 MB/s
4K Read 5.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
20% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 4.1%
Great: 7%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 64GB-$11
9GB free, PID db8a
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 47 66 62 57 66 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
26.1% Poor
Read 90.5
Write 30.3
Mixed 14.3
SusWrite 52.2
54% 46.8 MB/s
4K Read 4.2
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 1.4
70% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 26.1%
Great: 38%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
92.7% Outstanding
MC Read 33.9
MC Write 39.6
MC Mixed 34.5
103% 36 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 13.9
SC Mixed 13.3
41% 14.3 GB/s
Latency 62.7
64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 92.7%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-X79-UP4 Builds (Compare 891 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 - $480

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