Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.2% 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	212% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	17 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '20 at 08:36
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 796 77% 636 Pts	64-Core 936 58% 936 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1652 MHz, MLim: 1825 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 120 Parallax 116 95% 118 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 106 Splatting 99.3 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 996 943 936 928 895 874 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,757 Write 960 Mixed 493 SusWrite 929 229% 1,035 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 49.2 202% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 866 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 334 299% 471 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 292%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 283GB free Firmware: 0005SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 93 94 93 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 91.2 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 93.3 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 58%
TOSHIBA USB DRV 4GB 265 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 1400 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 23.3 Write 22.2 Mixed 12 23% 19.2 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 8%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 62GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 26 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 28 Write 24.1 Mixed 14.7 SusWrite 25.8 31% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 19%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 40GB free, PID 3321 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 117 104 156 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 82.6 Write 93.9 Mixed 60 SusWrite 145 134% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.6 277% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-112.A F3-1600C9-8GX 9905403-112.A F3-1600C9-8GX 20GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 35.4 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 14.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns

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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	432x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	200x
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	45x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 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: 79% - Very good

Total price: $577

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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