Intel X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Intel X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 16:41
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 88.6 2-Core 198 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 632 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 103 91% 110 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 103 Splatting 83.8 76% 94.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 15 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 353403416
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 622GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2001 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 18 18 60078 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1513 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 236 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1764 (C2) HDA temperature 113 89 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 27 27 53346 (F1) Unknown 200 200 27206605153 (F2) Unknown 200 200 35279786426	55.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 90 Mixed 84.2 69% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 212GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 108063240 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 786 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 107311532 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 281 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 72 47 13373079580 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 15 15 170453 (C2) HDA temperature 28 53 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -15217069094075 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22553045954 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29127252741	82.9% Excellent	Read 139 Write 150 Mixed 150 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 132GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 5900 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1195 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 57587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 513 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 2200330 (C2) HDA temperature 118 100 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	27.1% Poor	Read 45.1 Write 49.2 Mixed 44.2 35% 46.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Mushkin 998995 4x4GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 37.6 111% 39 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 14.1 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 100%

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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	273x
Xeon E5-2640 0IntelBench 65%, 3,274 samples	145x

GPU
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	126x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	115x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	111x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	66x
A400 120GBKingston $26Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	45x
256GB 256GBSSDBench 77%, 9,229 samples	36x

RAM
M393B5170GB0- 2x4GBSamsungBench 52%, 1,540 samples	127x
M393B1K70DH0- 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 1,683 samples	64x
HMT151R7BFR4C 4x4GBHynixBench 67%, 393 samples	58x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $158

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369