Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.3% 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	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '20 at 10:16
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 94.3 2-Core 185 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 521 55% 442 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Nvidia(10DE 097C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 18.9 12% 16.1 fps	MRender 20.9 Gravity 18.1 Splatting 16.8 15% 18.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 13%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$228 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 215 212 209 217 207 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 353 Write 261 Mixed 247 SusWrite 213 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 25.3 88% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 233 170% 221 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965525-055.A 2x8GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 18 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 11.4 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 63%

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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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Typical GA-X79S-UP5 Builds (Compare 119 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	45x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	30x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	8x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	8x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	8x

SSD
840 250GBSamsung $251Bench 70%, 41,998 samples	9x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 60%, 738 samples	4x
Vengeance DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 780 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 44%, 677 samples	3x

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Value: 11% - Very poor

Total price: $686

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16