Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.5% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '17 at 08:11
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 88.9 2-Core 191 69% 121 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 427 47% 372 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1400 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 86.5 66% 79.1 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 57.3 51% 63 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -79602922959341 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2250 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2145 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 108 108 21786585 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2145 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 368028 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 52 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 368028 (F2) Unknown 100 100 403367 (F9) Unknown 100 100 25647	48.5% Average	Read 468 Write 121 Mixed 164 54% 251 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 12.2 70% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 57.9 DQ Mixed 47.9 34% 42.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 88%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3FD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 106 (03) Spinup time 123 123 51574997626 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 74 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 116 116 37 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30774 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 77 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 279173922846 (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	69.1% Good	Read 114 Write 127 Mixed 111 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.39 98% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 68%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 140 9833 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4056 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3483 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1635 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9780 (C2) HDA temperature 125 94 27 (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	40.9% Average	Read 105 Write 38 Mixed 72.9 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.12 40% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 692GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238608456 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1366 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6470896 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2183 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 835 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 437321754 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3709 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 51539607578 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 10 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 132478266246577 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18258474018 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13227848088	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 179 Mixed 163 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 471GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 434 (03) Spinup time 177 175 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2868 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11078 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2258 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1725 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1142 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 50	49.4% Average	Read 90.8 Write 81.3 Mixed 90.2 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.33 88% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 76%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 102GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 168 6458 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1893 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1823 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 594 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 27 (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	54.6% Above average	Read 107 Write 82.9 Mixed 97.5 72% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.51 130% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB 780 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 28.2 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 12.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 96%

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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 $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

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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