Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77% 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	101% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '21 at 19:30
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 217 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 540 57% 456 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 91.8 Reflection 129 Parallax 81.7 75% 101 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 103 Splatting 100 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 114 114 113 113 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 440 Mixed 412 SusWrite 148 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 54 180% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 481GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 140 141 140 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 127 Write 99.5 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 141 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 114%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 451GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 149 153 152 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 114 Write 122 Mixed 73 SusWrite 151 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 101%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 423GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 68 67 68 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 56.5 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 66.6 77% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GD18664G51 4x4GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 16.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 70%

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

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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	362x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	231x

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 $79Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $511

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16