Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.4% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '17 at 15:39
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 5.6 GHz, turbo 7.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 721 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.3% Above average	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 70.1 61% 74.7 fps	MRender 76 Gravity 68.5 Splatting 62 56% 68.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-514 480GB 2,428 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 437GB free Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 1333 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18069 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 6974 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 322 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 102 (E7) Temperature 100 100 36 (E9) Unknown 0 0 30 (EA) Unknown 0 0 48 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12509 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9241	79.6% Very good	Read 410 Write 403 Mixed 404 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 30 119% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 17.8 22% 38.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 99%
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180 3,042 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 246GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2979 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12624 (AA) Unknown 98 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 209 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 100 90197590049 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 209 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 12 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 983278 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 29 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 98 100 0 (E9) Unknown 87 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 983278 (F2) Unknown 100 100 412684 (F9) Unknown 100 100 118789	44.5% Average	Read 342 Write 197 Mixed 254 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 19.4 4K Mixed 11.8 60% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 20 DQ Mixed 11.6 11% 18.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 69%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 35 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 632 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 989271609	88.4% Excellent	Read 500 Write 472 Mixed 484 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 21.1 114% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 20.7 50% 98.1 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 722GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10534 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5351 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 850 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9688 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 32 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 170 Mixed 155 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.34 130% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS 4x4GB 1,395 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 48.7 MC Write 50.1 MC Mixed 44.5 136% 47.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 97%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 - $480

CPU
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	281x
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	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 $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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $184	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