Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	185% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140825
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '20 at 07:57
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 218 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 632 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 193 Parallax 177 138% 180 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 173 Splatting 122 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 757 607 617 622 620 621 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,817 Write 1531 Mixed 653 SusWrite 641 258% 1,160 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 44.2 157% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 566 DQ Write 554 DQ Mixed 569 425% 563 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 437 437 423 359 344 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 466 Mixed 432 SusWrite 403 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 38.2 126% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 350 265% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 133%
Seagate ST10000VN0008-2JJ101 10TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 7.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 213 215 218 215 216 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 36% Great: 99%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$239 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 152 150 152 149 147 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 113%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$239 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 174 175 170 165 163 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 696GB free Firmware: MEAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 68 68 68 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 80.2 Write 82.8 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 67.6 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 66%
Seagate ST10000VN0008-2JJ101 10TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 163 163 165 168 165 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 36% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 35.8 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 95%

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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%

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Desktop 77%

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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 $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