Intel X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics86.3% 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 Drive75.9% 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.
Run History
MotherboardIntel X79  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170628
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 18 '18 at 16:49
Run Duration173 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
81.9% Excellent
Memory 90.7
1-Core 96.4
2-Core 200
75% 129 Pts
4-Core 394
8-Core 631
63% 513 Pts
64-Core 779
48% 779 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.9%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
86.3% Excellent
Lighting 112
Reflection 116
Parallax 114
91% 114 fps
MRender 96.5
Gravity 103
Splatting 84.1
76% 94.6 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.3%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
356GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
75.9% Very good
Read 519
Write 410
Mixed 429
101% 453 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 46.4
4K Mixed 19.8
93% 31.6 MB/s
DQ Read 23.2
DQ Write 75.7
DQ Mixed 15.5
22% 38.1 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 129%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB
622GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
52.4% Above average
Read 92.5
Write 89.9
Mixed 88.5
68% 90.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.61
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.43
106% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 52.4%
Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
212GB free
Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
86.8% Excellent
Read 158
Write 145
Mixed 141
111% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.44
4K Write 1.52
4K Mixed 0.25
74% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 86.8%
Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72
132GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
25.8% Poor
Read 41.8
Write 47.8
Mixed 44.4
34% 44.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.49
4K Mixed 0.17
64% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 25.8%
Great: 57%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Mushkin 998995 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
100% Outstanding
MC Read 40.7
MC Write 39
MC Mixed 37.8
112% 39.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 15.2
SC Mixed 14.1
44% 15.5 GB/s
Latency 66.3
60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 85%
This bench: 100%
Great: 100%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X79 Builds (Compare 1,994 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Intel X79

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $158
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