Gigabyte GA-X79-UD7

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.2% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UD7 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '20 at 20:15
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-3960X-$265 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 194 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 618 60% 495 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2871) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 24.4 Parallax 32.3 20% 27.2 fps	MRender 34.2 Gravity 30.2 Splatting 26.1 24% 30.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD9TB8W256G1001 256GB 1,158 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6106101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 196 197 189 193 199 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 454 Write 449 Mixed 258 SusWrite 200 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 35.4 119% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 249 202% 288 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES 2x8GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 11.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 56%

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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 73%

Battleship

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UD7

CPU
Core i7-3960XIntel $265Bench 78%, 2,165 samples	13x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	7x
Core i7-3930KIntelBench 77%, 4,060 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	5x
GTX 780Nvidia $329Bench 45%, 50,279 samples	4x
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples	2x

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	4x
SD9TB8W256G1001 256GBSandiskBench 80%, 1,158 samples	3x
870 1TBSamsungBench 91%, 1,067 samples	3x

RAM
F3-12800CL9-4 Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 F3-12800CL9-4 Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 16GBUnknownBench 48%, 57 samples	5x
CL9-9-9 DDR3- 4x4GBUnknownBench 62%, 44 samples	3x
BLS8G3D1609ES 2x8GBCrucialBench 45%, 87 samples	3x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $654

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 $179	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