Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.9% 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	220% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 06:21
Run Duration	329 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 727 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 841 52% 841 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: BETA Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 88 Parallax 162 100% 124 fps	MRender 85.8 Gravity 118 Splatting 129 93% 111 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 464GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14875 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 233 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 99 99 1 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19777343754	89.2% Excellent	Read 519 Write 415 Mixed 425 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 26.3 136% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 38 DQ Write 89.2 DQ Mixed 24.6 30% 50.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 346GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,032 Write 1,348 Mixed 1,266 342% 1,549 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 31.1 153% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 98.6 116% 203 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 254%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 149 9058 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6319 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36898 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 885 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 780 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 63662 (C2) HDA temperature 126 103 26 (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	59.9% Above average	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 102 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.14 85% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 2BA3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 93 91 2343 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4223 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4117 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 60 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 791 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4948963 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 73054 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 180389347356 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 361 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 2116 (F1) Unknown 98 89 3543368 (F2) Unknown 90 88 14722920 (FE) Unknown 252 252 0	59.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 97.6 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.35 103% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 59%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 786GB free Firmware: MKAO Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 91 (03) Spinup time 125 125 30105207399 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9891 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 38070 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1642 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10475 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10475 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 223339347998 (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 41	59.4% Above average	Read 95 Write 112 Mixed 79.7 71% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.47 124% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 87%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$215 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 373GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 204 195 8783 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9011 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 554 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 42235 (C2) HDA temperature 125 107 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	61.1% Good	Read 101 Write 111 Mixed 106 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.25 97% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 98%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 191GB free Firmware: 03.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4591 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11965 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48632 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2642 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10683 (C2) HDA temperature 99 90 51 (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 17 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.3% Average	Read 83.9 Write 73.5 Mixed 75.4 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.38 113% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 160GB free Firmware: MEAO Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 91 91 3145733 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 110 (03) Spinup time 129 129 30100357662 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8732 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 32 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36396 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1579 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9110 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 210454446108 (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 21	33.7% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 63 Mixed 52.6 43% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 66%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 93GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 176 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6475 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 26212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1029 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 997 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 137595 (C2) HDA temperature 125 109 25 (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	55.6% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 101 Mixed 88.2 71% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 75GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 206 164 4658 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9573 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1776 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1681 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 47295 (C2) HDA temperature 124 103 26 (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	41.7% Average	Read 79.7 Write 65.4 Mixed 84.1 58% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.16 53% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 36 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 12.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 95%

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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	435x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	202x
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	47x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
MX500 500GBCrucial $45Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	23x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 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: $576

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16