Intel X79

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	128% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 10 days ago, 10 days ago.

Motherboard	Intel X79 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '24 at 15:52
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 88.2 2-Core 187 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 563 57% 463 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 130 Parallax 119 93% 121 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 126 Splatting 114 92% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 215 208 205 202 196 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 1,148 Write 990 Mixed 878 SusWrite 244 182% 815 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 40 154% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 560 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 495 355% 462 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 187GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 239 233 232 235 236 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.5% Good	Read 246 Write 223 Mixed 226 SusWrite 236 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 37.4 112% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 196 148% 198 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 36.5 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	58	144	27"	1280 720	GSM5B71 LG ULTRAGEAR

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Typical X79 Builds (Compare 1,980 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 35%

Jet ski

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Intel X79

CPU
Xeon E5-2689 0IntelBench 71%, 6,987 samples	339x
Xeon E5-2650 v2IntelBench 67%, 5,123 samples	269x
Xeon E5-2640 0IntelBench 65%, 3,274 samples	144x

GPU
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	126x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	114x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	108x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	64x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	45x
256GB 256GBSSDBench 77%, 9,229 samples	35x

RAM
M393B5170GB0- 2x4GBSamsungBench 52%, 1,540 samples	127x
M393B1K70DH0- 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 1,683 samples	62x
HMT151R7BFR4C 4x4GBHynixBench 67%, 393 samples	58x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $158

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16