Asus P9X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics79.1% 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 Drive124% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus P9X79  (all builds)
Memory2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131224
Uptime5.9 Days
Run DateAug 22 '18 at 19:56
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
73.7% Very good
Memory 89.6
1-Core 91.2
2-Core 151
68% 111 Pts
4-Core 312
8-Core 508
50% 410 Pts
64-Core 500
31% 500 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.1% Very good
Lighting 103
Reflection 108
Parallax 97.5
84% 103 fps
MRender 89.2
Gravity 94.1
Splatting 77
70% 86.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 619 356 335 382 345 371 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
124% Outstanding
Read 532
Write 811
Mixed 485
SusWrite 401
126% 557 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 36.2
163% 65.9 MB/s
DQ Read 721
DQ Write 592
DQ Mixed 654
490% 655 MB/s
Poor: 123%
This bench: 124%
Great: 230%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100
47GB free
Firmware: 521ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 158 166 168 168 168 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
70.5% Very good
Read 375
Write 200
Mixed 239
SusWrite 165
54% 245 MB/s
4K Read 32.3
4K Write 56.6
4K Mixed 30.2
118% 39.7 MB/s
DQ Read 215
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 177
143% 202 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB
2 of 8 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
52.1% Above average
MC Read 21.5
MC Write 17.1
MC Mixed 17
53% 18.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 11.9
SC Mixed 10.9
35% 12.4 GB/s
Latency 67.7
59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 52.1%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 Builds (Compare 1,698 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $512
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