Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.4% 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 Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '18 at 07:33
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 199 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 560 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 118 Parallax 102 93% 111 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 106 Splatting 104 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 447 444 438 307 286 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 445 Mixed 418 SusWrite 395 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 48.6 161% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 129%
OCZ AGILITY3 480GB 804 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 107GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 142 143 148 146 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 136 Write 196 Mixed 223 SusWrite 148 40% 176 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 13 4K Mixed 15.4 44% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 52.9 DQ Mixed 58.3 50% 75.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 41%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 222GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 153 151 152 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 144 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 152 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 84%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 717GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 131 132 132 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 145 Write 102 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 132 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 75 74 76 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 111 Write 117 Mixed 65 SusWrite 75.5 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	MC Read 50.8 MC Write 52.2 MC Mixed 48.4 144% 50.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 14.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	649x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	229x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	38x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	27x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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