Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121116
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '16 at 01:11
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 158 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 427 44% 357 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2771) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 42.5 Reflection 38.9 Parallax 50.1 35% 43.8 fps	Gravity 36.8 Splatting 37.3 33% 37.1 fps
Poor: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17485 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 135 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 78 78 670 (AE) Unknown 100 100 105 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 59 176093659167 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 78 78 22 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 47429080243 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1537129966 (F8) Unknown 100 100 522066020	53.7% Above average	Read 348 Write 238 Mixed 283 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 13.8 80% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 59.1 DQ Mixed 16.1 19% 32.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 94GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21493973286 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2925 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24057 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 343 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3055 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3055 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 171800002590 (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	75.9% Very good	Read 131 Write 134 Mixed 132 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata 4x4GB 1,028 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 12.2 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 90%

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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%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 - $480

CPU
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	280x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	195x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	187x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $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 $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