Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	33.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.2% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 00:00
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 259 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 794 79% 645 Pts	64-Core 983 61% 983 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PowerColor(148C 2359) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1475 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.8% Below average	Lighting 42.3 Reflection 48.2 Parallax 57.4 34% 49.3 fps	MRender 48.7 Gravity 38.1 Splatting 34.5 32% 40.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3892 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1862 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 176 (A9) Unknown 100 100 454 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 62 (AE) Unknown 100 100 707 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 176 (C2) HDA temperature 72 48 206159609884 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 518 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 272 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8903 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13390 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.2% Excellent	Read 500 Write 482 Mixed 476 109% 486 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 17 95% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 57.4 60% 93.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)-$23 13,176 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 110GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 158 1000 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2148 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5743 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1842 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 46377 (C2) HDA temperature 120 88 23 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 3880 (F1) Unknown 150 150 50738349189559 (F2) Unknown 200 200 7119917307	33.5% Below average	Read 53.8 Write 62.6 Mixed 64 46% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.35 92% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 4x4GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	MC Read 55.4 MC Write 52.9 MC Mixed 51.8 152% 53.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 135%

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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	195x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	187x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $295	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