Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.5% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '18 at 18:36
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 87.5 2-Core 222 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 692 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 54 54% 62.8 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 58.5 Splatting 54 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 54%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2599 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 142 Parallax 132 117% 139 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 134 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 99 99 93 98 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 159 Write 128 Mixed 152 SusWrite 96.3 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 31.9 122% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 115 97% 143 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 61%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$90 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 110GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 351 360 339 343 276 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 474 Mixed 381 SusWrite 347 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 39.3 136% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 267 210% 290 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 801GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 140 140 140 136 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 162 Write 134 Mixed 65 SusWrite 139 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 548GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 121 116 121 123 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 166 Write 153 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 119 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 113%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 936GB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 103 115 113 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 150 Write 90.8 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 108 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.2 207% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 109%
Monster MONSTER DIGITAL 16GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 14GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 190 Write 25 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 23 60% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2.5TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 119 117 114 120 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 126 Write 104 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 117 138% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 99% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 281GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 72 75 71 77 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 49.5 Write 40.5 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 73 66% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 43%
Monster MONSTER DIGITAL 16GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 15GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 25 25 24 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 176 Write 24.8 Mixed 25 SusWrite 24.5 59% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 4x4GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 33.8 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 13.7 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 100%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	281x
Core i7-4930KIntel $72Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	196x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	187x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	55x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $797

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16