Intel X79M-S

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 47%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive65.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardIntel X79M-S  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190618
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 19 '20 at 03:42
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 20%
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 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2-$345
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
72% Very good
Memory 82.7
1-Core 94.5
2-Core 194
71% 124 Pts
4-Core 331
8-Core 513
52% 422 Pts
64-Core 521
32% 521 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 72%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 590-$80
CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.1
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
61.8% Good
Lighting 78.5
Reflection 77.4
Parallax 96.8
64% 84.3 fps
MRender 74.4
Gravity 78
Splatting 61.8
58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 61.8%
Great: 62%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 159 87 58 69 64 MB/s
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
65.2% Good
Read 234
Write 214
Mixed 205
SusWrite 107
43% 190 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 68.8
4K Mixed 33
133% 45.8 MB/s
DQ Read 208
DQ Write 194
DQ Mixed 160
131% 187 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 65.2%
Great: 93%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84
931GB free
Firmware: ST6OA3AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 72 73 71 71 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
49.1% Average
Read 99.8
Write 77.2
Mixed 45.8
SusWrite 71.3
54% 73.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 49.1%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 36JDZS51272PZ 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
50.5% Above average
MC Read 19.2
MC Write 17
MC Mixed 16.9
51% 17.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 12.8
40% 14 GB/s
Latency 75.7
53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 50.5%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X79M-S Builds (Compare 592 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 29%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

Motherboard: Intel X79M-S

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $87
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