Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.8% 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	63.1% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '18 at 04:43
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 500 55% 433 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 90% 111 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 85 Reflection 84.7 Parallax 81.8 69% 83.8 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 75.7 Splatting 68.1 61% 75.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 102 105 99 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 334 Write 126 Mixed 168 SusWrite 106 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 32.9 120% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 130 100% 138 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 73%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 233GB free Firmware: 12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 220 261 282 275 282 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 436 Mixed 343 SusWrite 294 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 36.7 130% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 186 182% 290 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 101%
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$100 2,434 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 205GB free Firmware: C2.3.7a Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 950 970 981 969 961 234 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 898 Write 986 Mixed 741 SusWrite 844 196% 868 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 48 167% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 488 DQ Mixed 396 307% 414 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 181%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 950GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 118 118 120 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 57.5 Write 108 Mixed 25 SusWrite 119 56% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.7 303% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 819GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 129 130 129 126 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 49.7 Write 141 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 127 61% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 1.7 308% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 44 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 14.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 122%

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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	274x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 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	48x
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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	21x

RAM
DDR3 1866 4x4GBAdataBench 68%, 420 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 60%, 738 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	15x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

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