Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '17 at 16:34
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	AND-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 109 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 690 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 840 52% 840 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 148 Parallax 129 121% 142 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 139 Splatting 108 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4140 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 246 (B1) Unknown 96 96 80 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 77030164736	100% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 400 Mixed 422 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 44.8 168% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 46.5 DQ Write 99.8 DQ Mixed 26.4 34% 57.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 134%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 30GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24234 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2699 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 63 63 1117 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1868 (B5) Unknown 100 100 16514195328069 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 83 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 35 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 63 63 37 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	49.9% Average	Read 269 Write 184 Mixed 220 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 4.86 83% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 4.74 34% 78 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 72%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,591 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2TB free, PID b207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 118 Write 115 Mixed 107 145% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 51%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 194% 103GB free, PID 61f3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 333 Write 320 Mixed 327 420% 327 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 26 4K Mixed 12.2 1,383% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 26 DQ Mixed 12.6 1,399% 20.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 360%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C7 4x4GB 423 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 31.5 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 14 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 98%

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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	650x
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) $30	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