Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 20:41
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 198 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 523 52% 425 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Device(0000 0000) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 23% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13340959 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 110758616629851 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 333 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 44 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 37 73016868896 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13340959 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13340959 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13340959 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2291 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2066 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2066 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1863	57.2% Above average	Read 438 Write 140 Mixed 185 55% 254 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 14.6 88% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 44.8 56% 98.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CV23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180561288 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 424 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2005866 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 331 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 74 68 437583898 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 588 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 68719476762 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.9% Very good	Read 132 Write 116 Mixed 97.1 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.21 70% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 113%
USB Disk 1GB 328 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 3234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.73% Terrible	Read 27.3 Write 11.5 Mixed 16.1 21% 18.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.59 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.09 22% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.73% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 36.8 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 127%

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

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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
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