Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.7% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '19 at 17:02
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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 i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 614 69% 542 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% PNY(196E 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1568 MHz, MLim: 1900 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Lighting 90.7 Reflection 91.8 Parallax 81 74% 87.8 fps	MRender 86.9 Gravity 82.5 Splatting 72.3 65% 80.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 301 300 301 306 305 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 314 Mixed 306 SusWrite 290 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 37.6 137% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 248 210% 308 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 129%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 529GB free Firmware: O102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 155 163 161 161 161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 305 Write 224 Mixed 224 SusWrite 156 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 35.8 121% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 118 90% 123 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 105%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 451GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 103 106 107 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 110 Write 112 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 104 73% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C10 4x8GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 42.2 110% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 100% 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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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	281x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 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 $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	55x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16