Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.9% 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	81.1% 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	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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 10:10
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 213 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 654 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 822 51% 822 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gainward(10B0 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 108 Parallax 96.1 84% 103 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 96 Splatting 87 74% 91.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5542 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1043 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4297982574 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 75 420282393 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 221146 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 50 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 238 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 221146 (F2) Unknown 100 100 482118	81.1% Excellent	Read 498 Write 469 Mixed 487 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 21 80% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 14.8 57% 128 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 110%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 34359738715 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 163210330147 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	108% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 185 Mixed 179 140% 186 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.23 111% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 364GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8439 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2987 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 611 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7827 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.7% Excellent	Read 151 Write 141 Mixed 129 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.29 96% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 459GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 176 169 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7414 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2915 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 602 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6812 (C2) HDA temperature 112 100 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	87.7% Excellent	Read 160 Write 146 Mixed 140 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.27 119% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 108%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 862GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 82.5 124% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.35 78% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 40.5 119% 41.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.3 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%

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Gaming 44%

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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 $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	23x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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