Intel DX79SI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics12.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemINTEL_ DX79SI__
MotherboardIntel DX79SI  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20111019
Uptime41 Days
Run DateJun 18 '22 at 01:43
Run Duration103 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3930K
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
77.9% Very good
Memory 91.2
1-Core 91.2
2-Core 178
71% 120 Pts
4-Core 349
8-Core 552
56% 451 Pts
64-Core 689
43% 689 Pts
Poor: 66%
This bench: 77.9%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198
PNY(196E 1138) 2GB
CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
12.1% Very poor
Lighting 2.6
Reflection 46.6
Parallax 45
2% 31.4 fps
MRender 37.9
Gravity 42.1
Splatting 36.5
32% 38.8 fps
Poor: 30%
This bench: 12.1%
Great: 36%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba X300 4TB-$133
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 163 157 149 171 162 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
97.1% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 117
Mixed 48
SusWrite 158
91% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 97.1%
Great: 104%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 0x46332D3137303030434C392D344742584D 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
94.5% Outstanding
MC Read 38.9
MC Write 38.3
MC Mixed 34.3
106% 37.2 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 12.6
SC Mixed 11.9
38% 13.2 GB/s
Latency 65.5
61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 90%
This bench: 94.5%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical DX79SI Builds (Compare 2 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Intel DX79SI - $185

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 35% - Below average Total price: $223
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