Asrock X79 Extreme9

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.2% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock X79 Extreme9  (all builds)
Memory57.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131108
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateApr 01 '17 at 23:50
Run Duration98 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 25%
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 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Memory 95
1-Core 116
2-Core 233
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 414
8-Core 653
66% 534 Pts
64-Core 799
50% 799 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.2% Excellent
Lighting 98.9
Reflection 112
Parallax 94.9
81% 102 fps
MRender 97.8
Gravity 94
Splatting 98.7
80% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.2%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
64.7% Good
Read 100
Write 125
Mixed 118
86% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.74
4K Write 2.57
4K Mixed 0.37
120% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 64.7%
Great: 128%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C10 8x8GB
8 of 8 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.1% Very good
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 24.8
MC Mixed 24.8
75% 26.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.9
SC Write 15.3
SC Mixed 13.5
44% 15.6 GB/s
Latency 57
70% 57 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 121%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X79 Extreme9 Builds (Compare 118 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asrock X79 Extreme9 - $1,200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $1,960
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