Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	200% 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.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	44.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '20 at 12:42
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2680 0 2,104 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 71 2-Core 161 64% 107 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 633 56% 476 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.2% Above average	Lighting 73.5 Reflection 106 Parallax 62.2 60% 80.5 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 69.8 58% 70.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS3030 1TB SSD 12,276 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 794GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS303226 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1744 1010 1009 1012 1012 1015 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,219 Write 1,926 Mixed 1,394 SusWrite 1,134 321% 1,418 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 50.6 175% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 646 DQ Write 594 DQ Mixed 647 478% 629 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 286%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 0GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 379 Write 166 Mixed 178 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 21.2 79% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 68.7 DQ Mixed 115 101% 158 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 76%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 168GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 181 183 182 181 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 177 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 182 100% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 97GB free Firmware: CR100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 65 66 66 66 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 71.5 Write 26.8 Mixed 48 SusWrite 66.2 39% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU7BFR8A-PB GR1600D364L11/8G Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 GR1600D364L11/8G HMT41GU7BFR8A-PB Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 48GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 32.6 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 9.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns

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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	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	230x

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 $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