Northern_micro P9X79--IN

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (99th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 1 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Northern_micro P9X79--IN (all builds)
Motherboard	Intel DX79TO
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '20 at 02:36
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 88.3 2-Core 210 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 503 55% 434 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.4.3 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Lighting 70.1 Reflection 59.1 Parallax 84.4 57% 71.2 fps	MRender 59.2 Gravity 61.8 Splatting 74.8 54% 65.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 243GB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 501 Write 375 Mixed 249 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 15.5 54% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 80.7 DQ Mixed 41.7 55% 102 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 145%
Seagate ST500NM0011 500GB-$68 1,945 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 447GB free Firmware: PA07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 154 154 154 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 144 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 152 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0x46332D3138363643392D38475352 2x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 13.1 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%

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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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Typical P9X79--IN Builds (Compare 28 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

System: Northern_micro P9X79--IN

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	13x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	13x
Core i7-3960XIntelBench 77%, 4,885 samples	1x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	7x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x
R9 280XAMD $500Bench 35%, 94,130 samples	2x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $49Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	7x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
AS350 256GBApacerBench 70%, 5,875 samples	2x

RAM
0x384A54463531323634415A2D3147364531 4x4GBUnknownBench 94%, 17 samples	8x
0x484D54343531553642465238432D504220 5x4GBUnknownBench 58%, 2 samples	2x
0x4B485831363030433944332F3447582020 0x9E02 0x434D58344758334D324131363030433920 0x9E02 0x434D58344758334D324131363030433920 8GBUnknownBench 47%, 2 samples	2x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $179

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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