Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics99.7% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-X79-UP4  (all builds)
Memory41.1 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140319
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 14 '19 at 19:57
Run Duration211 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
71.9% Very good
Memory 82.6
1-Core 101
2-Core 201
73% 128 Pts
4-Core 330
8-Core 509
52% 420 Pts
64-Core 510
32% 510 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
PNY(196E 1215) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
99.7% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 138
Parallax 120
105% 129 fps
MRender 95.8
Gravity 126
Splatting 106
89% 109 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 99.7%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HUS 726020ALE614 2TB
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: APGN
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 75 96 100 80 117 MB/s
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
68.9% Good
Read 146
Write 160
Mixed 57.3
SusWrite 94.1
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 68.9%
Great: 92%
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB
2GB free
Firmware: 1AJ1
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 71.5
Write 80.8
Mixed 50.3
50% 67.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 77%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$48
29GB free
Firmware: D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 34 32 31 38 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
22.4% Poor
Read 42
Write 27.5
Mixed 29.3
SusWrite 35.7
25% 33.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 22.4%
Great: 42%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
48GB free
Firmware: 0A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 81 79 83 82 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
45.8% Average
Read 78
Write 55.5
Mixed 55.8
SusWrite 81.1
50% 67.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 45.8%
Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60
85GB free
Firmware: 1118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 50 51 47 54 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
28.1% Poor
Read 48.5
Write 59
Mixed 40
SusWrite 49.1
36% 49.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 28.1%
Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95
15GB free
Firmware: CC32
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 72 62 57 50 55 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
48.3% Average
Read 105
Write 104
Mixed 64.3
SusWrite 63.5
62% 84.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 48.3%
Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49
319GB free
Firmware: 0A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 75 75 74 74 75 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
40.2% Average
Read 65.8
Write 44.5
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 73.6
46% 61.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 40.2%
Great: 84%
WD Elements 1TB
119GB free, PID 1042
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 50 50 51 51 48 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
21.1% Poor
Read 48.8
Write 51.5
Mixed 30
SusWrite 49.7
61% 45 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 21.1%
Great: 43%
TOSHIBA HDWD110 1TB
543GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 157 158 157 158 157 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
62% Good
Read 146
Write 160
Mixed 42.5
SusWrite 157
169% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
96% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 62%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-052.A 99U5471-052.A 99U5471-052.A 99U5471-052.A 99U5458-035.A 99U5471-052.A 48GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
78.3% Very good
MC Read 29.1
MC Write 32.2
MC Mixed 29.1
86% 30.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 14.4
SC Mixed 12.3
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 75.8
53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-X79-UP4 Builds (Compare 897 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 - $480

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $802
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