Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.54% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	174% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5 (all builds)
Memory	38.9 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130927
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '19 at 13:27
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	ARM-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (20^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 94.9 2-Core 186 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 567 56% 460 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro M4000 9,043 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Nvidia(10DE 1153) ≥ 4GB CLim: 772 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.70 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	6.54% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 7 Parallax 6.72 6% 6.97 fps	MRender 8.33 Gravity 6.43 Splatting 12.7 8% 9.15 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 6.54% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 813 739 768 722 735 672 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,571 Write 1,175 Mixed 707 SusWrite 742 234% 1,049 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 40.7 146% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 605 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 454 342% 465 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 283%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 89GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 198 168 207 185 199 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.1% Above average	Read 224 Write 230 Mixed 211 SusWrite 193 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 29.1 96% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 145 121% 174 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 94%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA641 3TB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 220GB free Firmware: A840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 52 63 94 70 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 89.5 Write 89.5 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 69.7 56% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 724GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 126 129 133 131 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 129 Write 96.2 Mixed 71 SusWrite 129 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 18GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 9.1 8.6 8.7 8.7 8.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 35 Write 8 Mixed 8 SusWrite 8.4 16% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 3.6 204% 4.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 18%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 182GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 16 19 19 20 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 23 Write 12.5 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 18.7 22% 17.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 44%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 459GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 20 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 30 Write 21.2 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 19.4 30% 23 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingmax FLFG45F-D8KM9 FLFG45F-D8KM9 FLFG45F-D8KM9 Corsair CMX8GX3M1A133 FLFG45F-D8KM9 Corsair CMX8GX3M1A133 48GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.9% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 23 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	45x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	30x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	8x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	8x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	8x

SSD
840 250GBSamsung $251Bench 70%, 41,998 samples	9x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 60%, 738 samples	4x
Vengeance DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 780 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 44%, 677 samples	3x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 11% - Very poor

Total price: $686

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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