Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 00:04
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 228 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 576 63% 501 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85F6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.6% Average	Lighting 52.5 Reflection 55.4 Parallax 49.2 43% 52.4 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 48 Splatting 68.5 51% 61.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 398 407 423 391 351 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 427 Mixed 368 SusWrite 393 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 52.7 166% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 340GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 104 104 106 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 183 Write 148 Mixed 85 SusWrite 104 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 113%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 153GB free Firmware: 4V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 115 116 116 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 116 Write 114 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 115 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x8GB 760 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 23.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 56%

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

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 - $480

CPU
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	280x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	195x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	187x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	21x

RAM
DDR3 1866 4x4GBAdataBench 68%, 420 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 60%, 738 samples	16x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	16x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16