Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	59.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 19:17
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	87%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 658 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 829 51% 829 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 157 Parallax 151 130% 156 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 152 Splatting 117 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 1TB 2,531 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 707GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 164 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 44 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 64 59 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2178491030	105% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 502 Mixed 518 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 39.3 142% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 78.4 95% 171 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 116%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 303GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 699 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 620 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3550 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 27 (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	90.8% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 132 Mixed 133 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.32 122% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 114GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3020 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2128 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2965 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 26 (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 1 4102 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.4% Very good	Read 166 Write 93.7 Mixed 104 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.28 96% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3 8x8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 42.2 124% 43.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.9 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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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	282x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	55x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16