Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5 (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130927
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '16 at 23:22
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 203 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 508 58% 453 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 34FC) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6200 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 11% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 44 100 120262623276 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3945 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 31 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3945 (F2) Unknown 100 100 375 (F9) Unknown 100 100 213	65.4% Good	Read 504 Write 192 Mixed 247 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 18.7 85% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 9.08 54% 122 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 87%
Adata SP 600 64GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 15GB free Firmware: 5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 326 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5410 (A9) Unknown 100 100 786435 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 25774784547 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 260 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 334 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 154620985380 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4158674304 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4919643584 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3379157710 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3160660546	58.2% Above average	Read 474 Write 134 Mixed 81.9 49% 230 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 14.8 77% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 23.8 61% 131 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 73%
WD WD2004FBYZ-01YCBB0 2TB 1,248 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: RR02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 182 181 3891 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 549 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 449 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 549 (10) Unknown 0 200 16934651271 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 281 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 675 (C2) HDA temperature 106 95 41 (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
Poor: 56% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: AA10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 87 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34387394983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3554 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 25 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2897 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3554 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3554 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 266288758827 (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 200 200 147	87% Excellent	Read 162 Write 141 Mixed 94.2 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.5 146% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 85%
Hitachi HUS724020ALS640 2TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 827GB free Firmware: A1C4 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 145 Write 138 Mixed 141 107% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.36 114% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 102%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 950GB 440 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 673GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 93.4 Write 119 Mixed 95.3 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 5.44 4K Mixed 0.53 186% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 198%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 465GB free Firmware: 1D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 4383 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 22822 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 12048 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3625 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19196 (C2) HDA temperature 105 84 42 (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	66.1% Good	Read 147 Write 82.9 Mixed 88.3 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.44 127% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMP6GX3M3A160 CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMD4GX3M2A160 CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMP6GX3M3A160 CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMD4GX3M2A160 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	87% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 33.6 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 12.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	45x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	30x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	8x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	8x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	8x

SSD
840 250GBSamsung $251Bench 70%, 41,998 samples	9x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 60%, 738 samples	4x
Vengeance DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 780 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 44%, 677 samples	3x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 11% - Very poor

Total price: $686

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