Northern_micro P9X79--IN

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	30.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Northern_micro P9X79--IN (all builds)
Motherboard	Intel DX79TO
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '19 at 17:23
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 219 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 620 67% 531 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% PNY(196E 0969) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.24 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 29% Great: 35%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 169 182 196 187 190 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.5% Below average	Read 150 Write 94.5 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 185 29% 127 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 17.7 4K Mixed 10.1 41% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 14.8 DQ Write 15.8 DQ Mixed 14.3 11% 15 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0x393930353437342D3033372E4130304C46 4x4GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 35.8 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 14.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 100%

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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%

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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 $50Bench 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

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16