XFX nForce 780i 3-Way SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.96% 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	48.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 7 years ago.

System	XFX nForce 780i 3-Way SLI (all builds)
Motherboard	XFX XFX nForce 780i 3-Way SLI
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080909
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 01:02
Run Duration	92 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9450-$110 5,335 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Memory 77.1 1-Core 38.1 2-Core 76.6 43% 63.9 Pts	4-Core 149 8-Core 154 20% 152 Pts	64-Core 152 9% 152 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1,404 User benchmarks, average bench 8% BFG(19F1 0998) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.96% Terrible	Lighting 12.3 Reflection 9.08 Parallax 5.5 10% 8.96 fps	MRender 9.33 Gravity 9.77 Splatting 6.87 7% 8.66 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.96% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 445GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.2% Average	Read 249 Write 172 Mixed 189 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 34 4K Mixed 19.2 84% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 40.1 DQ Write 64 DQ Mixed 24.6 26% 42.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DRAM Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	18.4% Very poor	MC Read 4.9 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 4.1 15% 5.23 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 5.6 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

System: XFX nForce 780i 3-Way SLI

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	4x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	2x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 560 TiNvidia $188Bench 16%, 42,397 samples	3x
GTX 570Nvidia $350Bench 20%, 22,303 samples	2x
GeForce GTS 250NvidiaBench 7%, 14,881 samples	2x

SSD
AGILITY3 60GBOCZBench 42%, 14,293 samples	2x
Vertex 450 128GBOCZ $80Bench 75%, 1,040 samples	1x
330 Series 120GBIntel $188Bench 68%, 11,188 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	10x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	2x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	2x

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Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $350

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16