Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.91% 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 Drive	82.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '20 at 16:08
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 163 71% 117 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 594 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 1255) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.91% Terrible	Lighting 10.8 Reflection 8.73 Parallax 4.88 9% 8.14 fps	MRender 8.67 Gravity 8.27 Splatting 6.26 6% 7.73 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.91% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 181 174 170 169 171 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 437 Write 331 Mixed 306 SusWrite 184 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 39 138% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 120 126% 202 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 97%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 159GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 332 333 333 333 332 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 330 Mixed 314 SusWrite 332 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 39.2 141% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 182 155% 222 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 97%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 106 Write 107 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 106 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$61 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 112 114 116 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 116 Write 92.5 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 114 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT 8x4GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 37.1 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 102%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 - $480

CPU
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	281x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	196x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	187x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	55x
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 $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16