Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '16 at 09:02
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 5.6 GHz, turbo 6.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 616 60% 491 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Lighting 89.1 Reflection 88.3 Parallax 78.3 73% 85.3 fps	MRender 80.1 Gravity 79.2 Splatting 69.3 62% 76.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9832 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1084 (B1) Unknown 91 91 98 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 53 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 192 (EB) Unknown 99 99 492 (F1) Unknown 99 99 66974097897
Poor: 53% Great: 89%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 289GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 155 155 34383855986 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12451 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1280 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3714 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3714 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 210453921821 (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 17	68.8% Good	Read 149 Write 90.8 Mixed 141 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.17 77% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 235GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71320592 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3614 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 46 42 820345854824 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1490 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 74 47 4732813338 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 989 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 100343 (C2) HDA temperature 26 53 -140737488355302 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 7907034802374 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33128604287 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45931982607	90.7% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 174 Mixed 87 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.25 70% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 171GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 786435 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 103 (03) Spinup time 179 179 51562873284 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4277 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 112 112 39 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 39585 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1939 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5306 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5306 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 261993529375 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 10 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.5% Above average	Read 104 Write 79.2 Mixed 76.3 65% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 69%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 81GB free Firmware: CC51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 100969528 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2255 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 58 111781407788 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11637 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1137 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 19 19 81 (BE) vendor-specific 78 46 13255376918 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 504 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35045 (C2) HDA temperature 22 54 -140737488355306 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -93690416586423 (F1) Unknown 100 253 109193405071 (F2) Unknown 100 253 105248447491	49.2% Average	Read 80.2 Write 91.4 Mixed 92.1 66% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.18 51% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3 2x8GB 224 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 18.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 54%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 - $380

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	432x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	200x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	45x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	23x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	22x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	35x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	28x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 65%, 473 samples	15x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $577

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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