Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.6% 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	76.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '17 at 19:09
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3970X-$217 2,677 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 5.6 GHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 184 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 535 53% 433 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 149 Parallax 144 83% 132 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 131 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^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 2836 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 48 223339610160 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11904855209 (F7) Unknown 100 100 373070604 (F8) Unknown 100 100 174035973 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1932 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	76.7% Very good	Read 479 Write 330 Mixed 340 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 23.1 95% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 45.5 74% 144 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 99%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 22GB free Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 7941517 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 8899172255854 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 661 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 324 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7941517 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7941517 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7941517 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 30859 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22348 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22348 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15740	42.8% Average	Read 188 Write 96.1 Mixed 99 28% 128 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 10.9 84% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 23.3 44% 89.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 61%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 410GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 179 5991 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 161 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1388 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 144 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 272 (C2) HDA temperature 104 103 46 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	44.5% Average	Read 79.4 Write 75.4 Mixed 39.8 48% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 10GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 6075 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 661 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 546 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1117 (C2) HDA temperature 96 94 54 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	73.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 127 Mixed 59.5 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.28 104% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 9GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 113 108 7308 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2413 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 32018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1230 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 758175 (C2) HDA temperature 93 90 54 (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	47.8% Average	Read 86.6 Write 80.1 Mixed 3.86 41% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.21 62% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 57%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 7GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 206 155 700 (04) Start/Stop count 70 70 30613 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2478 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 6239 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 732 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 382227 (C2) HDA temperature 104 98 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	35.1% Below average	Read 69.3 Write 53 Mixed 12.6 33% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.23 58% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 54%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 404 (03) Spinup time 144 142 9758 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6881 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2877 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 567 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 315108 (C2) HDA temperature 92 88 60 (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 199 191 214	51.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 79.9 Mixed 76.3 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.46 98% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 4x8GB 234 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 38.8 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%

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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 $46

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