Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.5% 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	198% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	15.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 01:16
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 90.7 2-Core 169 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 470 48% 390 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 140 Parallax 142 100% 135 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 138 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 779GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1203 1254 1331 1407 1090 1098 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,460 Write 1,258 Mixed 580 SusWrite 1,230 254% 1,132 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 40.9 135% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 582 DQ Write 420 DQ Mixed 539 392% 514 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 136 130 127 133 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 175 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 133 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 144 145 146 145 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 134 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 145 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 113%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 1TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 783GB free Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 42 42 40 38 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 70 Write 59.8 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 39.1 42% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 72% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 627GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 133 138 133 136 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 126 Write 104 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 135 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 43 42 44 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	34% Below average	Read 76 Write 96.3 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 42.5 48% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 8x8GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 36.6 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 12.3 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 122%

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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	649x
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 $275	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) $35	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