Biostar TPOWER X79

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Biostar TPOWER X79 (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120213
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	May 06 '18 at 15:36
Run Duration	562 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 484 56% 436 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.13% Terrible	Lighting 3.67 Reflection 4.46 Parallax 3.41 3% 3.84 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 4.17 Splatting 3 3% 4.34 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.13% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP-000L7 256GB 7,649 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6428 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1231 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 72 (AE) Unknown 99 99 57 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 789 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 48 39 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 711 (E9) Unknown 96 96 16173235 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10172 (F2) Unknown 99 99 16893 (F9) Unknown 99 99 18432	60.2% Good	Read 309 Write 298 Mixed 295 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 17.5 93% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 76.7 DQ Mixed 16.8 23% 40.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 20GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 95 103218404 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5764 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 418046619 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15314 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3726 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1830 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295163916 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 572391458 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 64424509474 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 22 103218404 (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 -94652489244229 (F1) Unknown 100 253 322119186 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1479120891	46.4% Average	Read 91.2 Write 70.3 Mixed 70.9 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.52 116% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 68%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	6.24% Terrible	Read 21.1 Write 2.61 Mixed 4.13 8% 9.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.19 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.85 63% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.24% Great: 13%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 0GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 21.4 Write 5.64 Mixed 7.75 12% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.95 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT12GX3M3A20 2x4GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	63.9% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 20.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 13.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 64%

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Typical TPOWER X79 Builds (Compare 20 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Biostar TPOWER X79

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	14x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	3x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	2x
870 EVO 2TBSamsung $178Bench 113%, 31,076 samples	2x
PLUS 1000GBSandiskBench 44%, 44,528 samples	2x

RAM
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	2x
Vengeance DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 780 samples	2x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 106 samples	2x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $149

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16