Gigabyte X99-UD4 Review
Category : X99
Published by Hiwa Pouri on 03.09.14
With the X99-UD4, Gigabyte already has an X99 motherboard ready for launch day and this particular model comes with a reasonable feature mix and very attractive price. It doesn't take long until you see that Gigabyte did not overexaggerate equipping this board with additional chips, which is something that's reflected in the price. Maybe Gigabyte is capable of scoring big with this motherboard, since it looks like the X99-UD4 has the potiential to set the benchmark for entry-level X99 motherboards.
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With the launch of X99 also Gigabyte is amongst the few motherboard makers, which have a complete line-up ready at launch day. The X99-UD4 is their entry level offer and considering it's a X99 HEDT motherboard the price is actually in the "affordable range".
Specs and Delivery
| Chipset | Intel X99 |
| Memory | Quad Channel DDR4, 8 x DIMM, Max. 64 GB DDR3, 3000 (O.C.) / 2800 (O.C.) / 2666 (O.C.) / 2400 (O.C.) / 2133 (O.C.) Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory |
| Multi-GPU |
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| Slots |
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| Sound | Realtek ALC1150
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| Storage |
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| Network |
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| Internal Connectors |
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| Extrenal Connectors |
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| Forfactor | ATX (30.4cm x 24.4cm) |
| BIOS | Bios (128 Mb flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS) |
- Motherboard driver disk
- User's Manual
- Quick Installation Guide
- 4 x SATA cables
- I/O Shield
- 1 x 2-Way SLI bridge connector
- 2 x 3-Way SLI bridge connectors (GC-3SLI-X99 and GC-3SLI)
- 1 x 4-Way SLI bridge connector
- 1 x 2-Way CrossFire bridge connector
- 1 x 1 to 3 power cable (2x4 ATX 12V)
Features
Digital Power Design |
Since quite some time Gigabyte equips its boards with digital power designs. Using Gigabyte's own tuning software you can for example change voltages in Windows. As you might expect it from a high-end motherboard, there are only high quality parts used for the power design. |  |
AMP-UP Audio |
Gigabyte equipped this board with their AMP-UP audio solution. In this case you get a Realtek ALC 1150 audio chip, that has been combined with an EMI shield. Apart from that the audio solution has been isolated from the rest of the motherboard in order to reduce interference even further. Furthermore there are also high quality capacitors next to the audio chip, helping to provide richer sound. |
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SATA Express |
SATA Express is a new port for storage devices that basically combines two SATA connectors and bundles them. Each SATA Express port has been wired using two PCI Express Gen2 lanes offering a total of 10 Gbps bandwidth. Compared to SATA-III with 6 Gbps bandwidth this is quite an improvement. |
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M.2 Support |
The new Gigabyte X99-UD4 motherboard features an M.2 slot. This motherboard can be equipped with an SSD in M.2 format and it is wired directly to the X99 PCH via two PCI Express lanes, therefore offering x4 bandwidth. In other words up to 10 Gbps can be pushed over the bus through this slot. |  |
Layout
The Gigabyte X99-UD4 comes with an ATX form factor, which makes the board fit in the vast majority of cases. Having a look at the design reveals, there is a black matte PCB and there are four grey DIMM slots. As soon as the board is up and running you will notice the orange backlight with the PCH cooler, which actually looks pretty decent. On another note you can have a look at the sheer number of features and additional chips on this motherboard and you will notice, that there aren't too many. On one hand, this is helping keep the board clean and on the other hand this is one of the cheapest X99 boards you can buy.Gigabyte equipped the X99-UD with a digital 6+4 phase power design. There is a total of six phases to stably supply the CPU with power and there are Chips from International Rectifier controling the signals. In the case of the DIMM slots there are four more phases which are also controlled by chips from International Rectifier.
Totally you'll find eight DIMM-slots on the Gigabyte X99-UD4. Officially supported are memory clock speeds of up to DDR4-3000MHz and more. If all the slots are equipped with 8 Gigabyte modules, you can have a maximum of 64 Gigabyte memory on this motherboard. There is also enough space around the CPU socket, to install large CPU coolers.
Southbridge as well as current converters are being held at adequate temperatures via two passive cooling blocks. Booth blocks are rather well-sized and they've been connected to eachother using a heatpipe. Apart from that the cooling blocks have been very well manufactured. On top of that, the PCH cooler received a backlight, which in our opinion looks really nice.
Connectors and I/O
Totally Gigabyte equipped the X99-UD4 with ten angled SATA ports, which is enough for every gaming rig, overclocking setup or workstation. Two SATA ports can be combined to a SATA-Express connector offering additional flexibility. All the SATA ports support 6Gbps bandwidth and they've been natively wired to the PCH. Apart from that, in order to enhance storage flexibility even further there are two M.2 slots located inbetween the second and the third PCIe x16 slot.What you won't find are practical onboard power- and reset-buttons as well as a debug LED. If you need to reset the BIOS you need to use a jumper, since there is not button to do the job. As for the PCIe connectors with this motherboard you get four PCIe 16x Gen 3.0 slots and three PCIe x1 slots.
Totally you'll find five fan headers on the Gigabyte X99-UD4 which is more than enough to provide even an overclocking rig or a high-end gaming machine with plenty of fresh air. What's practical is the fact, that those are all 4-pin connectors, which allow for fan speed control from within BIOS or Windows.
Looking at the external connectors directly at the back-panel Gigabyte equipped the X99-UD4 with five USB 3.0 ports, four USB 2.0 ports and one Gigabit ethernet port. Furthermore there is an analogue audio panel as well as a digital audio out and a bracket to hold WiFi antennas.
BIOS
The most recent version of Gigabyte's UEFI BIOS presents itself with an
attractive design. When entering the BIOS, the overview screen you get to see is overloaded and apart from that we would expect
it features a reasonable contrast
between background and writings everywhere. Nevertheless, the basic structure
behind the complex design can be understood at the first glance. Usually these splash screens are
here to offer a starting point for beginners, but the sheer amount of
information will scare less experienced users off. What is practical about the
new UEFI BIOS - especially for beginners - is that the mouse can be used too, to
browse the different tabs.
If you wish back the good old times, where you were racing through the menus
hammering up and down arrows as well as the enter key ridiculously fast, you
just have to press F2 and there you go. Since this motherboard features a very
solid power design it is suitable for both gaming and high overclocking. In the BIOS
you will soon notice, there are Gigabyte's usual options, which allow for
altering virtually anything when it comes to overclocking. Overall, there is
certainly no lack of options in this BIOS.
Test setup
Hardware |
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| Motherboard |
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| Processor | Intel Core i7-5960X, 3.5 GHz |
| Memory | 16 GB (4x4) G.Skill Ripjaws4 DDR4-3000 MHz CL15-15-15-35-Auto @ DDR4-2133 CL14-14-14-35-2T |
| Graphic card | ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum |
| Driver | ForceWare 340.52 |
| Hard disk | OCZ Arc 100 SSD 240 GB |
| Power supply | Seasonic Platinum 1050W |
Preview / Gallery
| Product Picture | Link to Gallery |
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ASRock X99 WS |
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ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
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ASUS X99 Deluxe |
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EVGA X99 Classified |
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Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
3DMark
Ice Storm
| 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Score |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
 |
160'789 | 102.18 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
159'987 | 101.67 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
 |
158'888 | 100.98 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
158'099 | 100.47 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
 |
157'365 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
Ice Storm Physics
| 3DMark Ice Storm Physics Score |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
59'650 | 102.16 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
59'635 | 102.13 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
58'910 | 100.89 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
59'653 | 102.16 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
58'389 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
Fire Strike
| 3DMark Fire Strike Score |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
5'533 | 100.56 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
5'528 | 100.47 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
5'526 | 100.44 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
5'516 | 100.25 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
5'502 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
Fire Strike Physics
| 3DMark Fire Strike Physics Score |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
17'227 | 104.49 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
17'168 | 104.13 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
17'100 | 100.72 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
16'487 | 100.00 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
16'453 | 99.79 % |
| more is better | |||
3DMark 11
| 3DMark 11 Total |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
15'947 | 103.61 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
15'922 | 103.44 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
15'777 | 102.50 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
15'652 | 101.69 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
15'392 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
CPU
| 3DMark 11 Physics |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
15'445 | 101.27 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
15'397 | 100.96 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
15'251 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
16'329 | 107.07 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
15'212 | 99.74 % |
| more is better | |||
3DMark Vantage
| 3DMark Vantage Total |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
50'220 | 102.51 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
50'050 | 102.17 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
49'756 | 101.57 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
49'415 | 100.87 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
48'988 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
| 3DMark Vantage CPU |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
51'564 | 102.61 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
51'363 | 102.21 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
50'940 | 101.37 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
50'899 | 101.29 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
50'250 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
PC Mark 08
Total
| PC Mark 08 Total |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
4'437 | 103.98 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
4'402 | 103.16 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
4'390 | 102.88 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
4'290 | 100.54 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
4'267 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
| Web browsing - JunglePin |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
0.262 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
0.288 | 90.97 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
0.288 | 90.97 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
0.288 | 90.97 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
0.292 | 89.73 % |
| less is better | |||
| Web Browsing Amazonia |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
0.122 | 100.00 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
0.122 | 100.00 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
0.122 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
0.122 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
0.122 | 100.00 % |
| less is better | |||
| Writing |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
4.11 | 106.81 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
4.27 | 102.81 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
4.33 | 101.39 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
4.35 | 100.92 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
4.39 | 100.00 % |
| less is better | |||
| Photo Editing |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
0.283 | 127.67 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
0.283 | 127.67 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
0.282 | 127.66 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
0.306 | 117.68 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
0.360 | 100.00 % |
| less is better | |||
| Video Chat encoding / Video Chat Playback 1 |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
30.00 | 100.00 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
30.00 | 100.00 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
30.00 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
30.00 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
30.00 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
| Video Chat encoding / Video Chat encoding |
Review Rating |
ms | Percent |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
42.00 | 102.62 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
42.00 | 102.62 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
42.00 | 102.62 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
43.00 | 100.23 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
43.10 | 106.07 % |
| less is better | |||
| Casual Gaming |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
110.1 | 101.10 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
109.7 | 100.73 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
109.3 | 100.38 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
108.9 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
108.4 | 99.54 % |
| more is better | |||
Arithmetic Benchmark
| SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetic Benchmark - Dhrystone |
Review Rating |
GIPS | Percent |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
241.24 | 100.31 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
240.80 | 100.13 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
240.14 | 99.85 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
240.49 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
240.69 | 99.95 % |
| more is better | |||
| SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetic Benchmark - Whetstone |
Review Rating |
GFLOPS | Percent |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
190.28 | 100.43 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
189.70 | 100.13 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
189.46 | 100.00 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
189.37 | 99.95 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
186.84 | 98.66 % |
| more is better | |||
Multimedia
| SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - Integer |
Review Rating |
MPixels/sec | Percent |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
452.13 | 105.10 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
451.25 | 104.90 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
442.67 | 102.90 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
435.72 | 101.29 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
430.18 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
| SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - Floating Point |
Review Rating |
MPixels/sec | Percent |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
446.67 | 104.92 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
446.00 | 104.76 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
428.81 | 100.72 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
427.82 | 100.49 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
425.74 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
Crytography
| SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - AES 256 |
Review Rating |
GB/sec | Percent |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
14.45 | 105.24 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
14.44 | 105.17 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
14.25 | 103.79 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
13.73 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
13.50 | 98.18 % |
| more is better | |||
| SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - SHA 256 |
Review Rating |
GB/sec | Percent |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
9.26 | 100.32 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
9.25 | 100.22 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
9.25 | 100.22 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
9.23 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
9.18 | 98.59 % |
| more is better | |||
SiSoft Sandra 2
Memory bandwidth
| SiSoft Sandra - Memory bandwidth - Integer |
Review Rating |
GB/sec | Percent |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
46.61 | 104.74 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
46.59 | 104.70 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
46.52 | 104.54 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
44.50 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
43.23 | 97.15 % |
| more is better | |||
| SiSoft Sandra - Memory bandwidth - floating point |
Review Rating |
GB/sec | Percent |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
47.68 | 105.96 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
47.20 | 104.89 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
47.15 | 104.78 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
45.69 | 101.53 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
45.00 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
Memory latency
| SiSoft Sandra - Memory latency |
Review Rating |
ns | Percent |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
27.4 | 100.00 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
27.4 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
27.7 | 98.92 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
27.8 | 96.56 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
30.0 | 91.33 % |
| less is better | more is better | ||
Memory and cache access
| SiSoft Sandra - Memory and cache access |
Review Rating |
GB/sec | Percent |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
351.65 | 104.79 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
351.58 | 104.77 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
341.54 | 101.78 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
336.21 | 100.19 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
335.56 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
UC Bench
| UC Bench |
Review Rating |
PW/sec | Percent |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
1801.8 | 102.41 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
1801.2 | 102.38 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
1798.3 | 102.21 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
1764.9 | 100.31 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
1759.4 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
Super Pi 1M - 32M
Super Pi 1M
| SuperPi 1.5 XS - 1M |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
10.250 | 102.87 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
10.389 | 101.49 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
10.410 | 101.29 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
10.431 | 101.08 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
10.544 | 100.00 % |
| less is better | more is better | ||
Super Pi 32M
| SuperPi 1.5 XS - 32M |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
541.812 | 100.65 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
542.320 | 100.55 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
542.437 | 100.53 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
545.313 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
553.569 | 98.51 % |
| less is better | more is better | ||
wPrime 1024M Multicore
| wPrime - 1024M Multi Core |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
103.999 | 102.46 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
104.047 | 102.41 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
104.506 | 101.96 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
104.555 | 101.91 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
106.554 | 100.00 % |
| less is better | more is better | ||
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R11.5 - Multi Core
| Cinebench R15 - Multi Core |
Review Rating |
pts | Percent |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
1'402 | 105.33 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
1'396 | 104.88 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
1'381 | 103.76 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
1'339 | 100.60 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
1'331 | 100.00 % |
| less is better | more is better | ||
Tomb Raider
Low resolution, low details
| Tomb Raider (low resolution, low details) |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
724.30 | 101.09 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
723.00 | 100.91 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
718.60 | 100.29 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
716.50 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
689.80 | 96.27 % |
| more is better | |||
High resolution, high details
| Tomb Raider (high resolution, high details) |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
52.3 | 100.38 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
52.3 | 100.38 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
52.2 | 100.19 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
52.1 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
52.0 | 99.81 % |
| more is better | |||
Metro Last Light
Low resolution, low details
| Metro Last Light (low details, low resolution) |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
202.81 | 101.28 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
202.12 | 100.93 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
201.98 | 100.86 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
200.25 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
199.98 | 99.87 % |
| more is better | |||
High resolution, high details
| Metro Last Light (high details, high resolution) |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
64.93 | 100.51 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
64.88 | 100.43 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
64.85 | 100.39 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
64.60 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
64.57 | 99.95 % |
| more is better | |||
Thief
Low resolution, low details
| Thief (low details, low resolution) |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
138.4 | 103.51 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
138.3 | 103.44 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
135.1 | 101.08 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
134.5 | 100.60 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
133.7 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
High resolution, high details
| Thief (high details, high resolution) |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
84.4 | 102.55 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
83.1 | 100.97 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
82.6 | 100.36 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
82.4 | 100.12 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
82.3 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
Right Mark Audio Analyzer
| Frequency Response |
Review Rating |
Overall | |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
+0.26, +0.12 | Excellent |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
+0.44, +0.06 | Very good |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
+0.50, +0.09 | Good |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
+.047, -1.51 | Average |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
+0.20, +0.12 | Good |
| less is better | |||
| Noise Level, dB (A) |
Review Rating |
Overall | |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
-94.6 | Very good |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
-90.2 | Very good |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
-88.9 | Good |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
-84.8 | Good |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
-84.6 | Good |
| less is better | more is better | ||
| Dynamic Range |
Review Rating |
Overall | |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
94.4 | Very good |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
90.2 | Very good |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
88.8 | Good |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
84.7 | Good |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
84.5 | Good |
| more is better | |||
| Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) |
Review Rating |
Overall | |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
6.169 | Very good |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
0.019 | Good |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
0.212 | Poor |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
2.899 | Very poor |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
23.919 | Very poor |
| less is better | |||
| THD + Noise |
Review Rating |
Overall | |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
-21.9 | Very good |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
-71.3 | Average |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
-48.2 | Poor |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
-28.8 | Very poor |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
-9.9 | Very poor |
| less is better | |||
| IMD + Noise |
Review Rating |
Overall | |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
0.026 | Good |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
0.429 | Poor |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
1.115 | Poor |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
3.710 | Poor |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
21.186 | Very poor |
| less is better | |||
| Stereo Crosstalk |
Review Rating |
Overall | |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
-92.4 | Exellent |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
-85.8 | Exellent |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
-83.9 | Very good |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
-83.7 | Very good |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
-83.1 | Very good |
| less is better | |||
| IMD at 10kHz |
Review Rating |
Overall | |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
0.020 | Very good |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
0.453 | Poor |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
1.176 | Poor |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
3.089 | Poor |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
24.226 | Very poor |
| less is better | |||
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Idle
| Idle |
Review Rating |
MHz | Percent |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
179 | 105.29 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
178 | 104.71 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
176 | 103.53 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
175 | 102.94 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
170 | 100.00 % |
| less is better | more is better | ||
Power Consumption
Idle
| Idle |
Review Rating |
Watt | Percent |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
81.15 | 127.11 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
81.60 | 126.41 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
91.40 | 112.86 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
103.15 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
105.14 | 98.11 % |
| less is better | more is better | ||
Load
| Load |
Review Rating |
Watt | Percent |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
178.20 | 106.99 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
179.75 | 106.97 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
186.77 | 102.08 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
190.65 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
202.67 | 94.07 % |
| less is better | more is better | ||
Performance Rating
| 3D and Gaming Benchmarks |
Review Rating |
Percent |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
102.38 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
101.85 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
100.83 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
100.32 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
100.00 % |
| more is better | ||
| 2D Benchmarks |
Review Rating |
Percent |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
103.06 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
102.98 % |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
101.97 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
100.95 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
100.00 % |
| more is better | ||
| Performance per Watt |
Review Rating |
Percent |
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
86.64 % |
| Gigabyte X99-UD4 |
|
88.09 % |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
93.18 % |
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
100.00 % |
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
n/A |
106.93 % |
| less is better | ||
Price comparison
| Model |
Geizhals.eu |
| ASUS X99 Deluxe |
|
| ASRock X99 WS |
|
| ASUS Rampage V Extreme |
|
| EVGA X99 Classified |
|
| Gigabyte X99 SOC Force |
|
| Gigabyte X99 UD4 |
|
Conclusion
| Allgemein | + | - | |
| The X99-UD4 is Gigabytes interpretation of an Intel X99 based entry-level motherboard. This board scores with a very nice design, whereas the black PCB as well as the black and orange heatsinks look strikingly good, where the backlight is adding to that. Furthermore there are no less than four PCI Express x16 slots. Even the delivery is convincing, you will find everything you need to setup your new board appropriately and we were actually surprise to see that many SLI bridges in the delivery. | -
Design - Layout - Standard ATX |
||
| Layout | + | - | |
| Generally the Gigabyte X99-UD4's layout has been well thought. Once more practical are the angled SATA connectors. Unfortunately there are no practical power- and reset-buttons and also a clr_CMOS button is missing. In total there are four PCI Express x16 slots, which have been well placed, which means it's possible to build a quad SLI setup using this motherboard. In between the second and the third PCIe x16 slot there are two M.2 x2 slots. It's nice to have two of these but we would have preferred to find one M.2 x4 slot. | - Angled SATA connectors
- 4 x Full-Size PCI Express x16 - Space around the CPU socket - 2 x M.2 |
-
No Power/Reset-Button onboard - No Debug display |
|
| Performance | + | - | |
| Having a closer look at the average performance results, we see the X99-UD4 scores fourth out of the five boards we've tested so far. We're really hoping Gigabyte is going to invest more time into optimizing the BIOS to a point where the X99-UD4 becomes fully capable of keeping up with the competition. On another note we also had a look at power consumption and noted that this is quite an energy efficient X99 board. | - Power Consumption | - SiSoft Sandra - Games |
|
| Overclocking / BIOS | + | - | |
| As you might have expected from Gigabyte, you get an excellent BIOS which offers not only a boatload of tuning and tweaking options but is also very easy to use. Especially with the entry screen with which Gigabyte is trying and also succeeding to add elements which make the BIOS much easier to use for unexperienced users as well. | - Clear arrangement | - Design | |
| Recommendation | + | - | |
| With the X99-UD4, Gigabyte created a good looking board, which features an unbeatable price tag. We find this board at Geizhals.at for 194 Euro and over at Newegg they're asking 258.99 US-Dollar for it (shipping included but without taxes). If you are looking an X99 motherobard with excellent price/performance ratio, then the Gigabyte X99-UD4 is the answer. | - Enthusiast - Workstation |
||
| Rating | |||
| We give the Gigabyte X99-UD4 very good 4.5 out of 5 stars. | |||
Author: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch