Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.3% 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	87.2% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '16 at 17:51
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 88.4 2-Core 195 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 705 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gainward(10B0 17C8) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.3% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 104 Parallax 111 80% 104 fps	MRender 85.8 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 81.1 67% 81.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4297982592 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 73 454426651 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4582 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4582 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1138	87.2% Excellent	Read 480 Write 473 Mixed 488 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 18.3 96% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 18.7 76% 170 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 110%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 166 4383 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1375 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1168 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10894 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76% Very good	Read 127 Write 138 Mixed 130 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.22 103% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 411GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2461 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7106 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1950 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 590 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1870 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.4% Very good	Read 147 Write 129 Mixed 119 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 442GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2414 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6883 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1878 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 581 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1833 (C2) HDA temperature 112 100 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	88.2% Excellent	Read 171 Write 136 Mixed 131 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.33 127% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 108%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 862GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 101 Write 106 Mixed 58.1 110% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.37 79% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 44.5 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 41.5 122% 42.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 12.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

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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 $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	23x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 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

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $577

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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