Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.3% 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	37.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 21:19
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 (96^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 678 65% 536 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2507 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.3% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 146 Parallax 121 101% 130 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 60GB 1,468 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 42 44 46 43 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 141 Write 58.3 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 44.3 18% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 21.4 84% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 99.8 DQ Write 63 DQ Mixed 58.7 50% 73.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 51%
Corsair Force 60GB 1,468 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 39GB free Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 67 64 64 62 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	47% Average	Read 182 Write 72.5 Mixed 105 SusWrite 63.4 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 26.6 102% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 73.8 DQ Mixed 75.7 64% 94.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 51%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 157GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 192 185 174 188 189 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 246 Write 224 Mixed 182 SusWrite 188 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 22.2 78% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 83.5 DQ Mixed 96.3 78% 113 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 65%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 393GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 58 58 58 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 59 Write 62.3 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 58.2 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 62%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 298GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 92 92 91 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 86.5 Write 84.5 Mixed 47 SusWrite 91.6 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 34.4 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 97.5% 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%

Battleship

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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16