Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.4% 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	98.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '19 at 00:48
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 192 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 486 49% 397 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6678) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 136 Parallax 127 105% 130 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 621GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 419 404 430 441 442 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 438 Mixed 418 SusWrite 431 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 37 122% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 133%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 376GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 123 123 121 123 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 116 Write 120 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 122 144% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 64% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 8x2GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 8 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.9% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 27.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12.3 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 110%

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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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Typical GA-X79-UP4 Builds (Compare 899 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 - $480

CPU
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	281x
Core i7-4930KIntel $88Bench 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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $801

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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16