Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (22%). 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120327
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '18 at 21:10
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 194 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 489 50% 405 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Nvidia(10DE 0969) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.4% Below average	Lighting 38.4 Reflection 37 Parallax 48.8 31% 41.4 fps	MRender 50.5 Gravity 43.5 Splatting 35.9 35% 43.3 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex3 LT 240GB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 91 87 84 90 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 375 Write 198 Mixed 206 SusWrite 92.9 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 26.1 88% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 167 141% 210 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 522GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 158 154 156 155 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 130 Write 102 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 156 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 80 81 81 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 73.5 Write 79.3 Mixed 52 SusWrite 80.7 52% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 30.4 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 13.3 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	651x
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 $273	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 $179	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) $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