Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics1.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive93.6% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
MotherboardAsus P9X79 WS  (all builds)
Memory29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20150602
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 27 '16 at 12:55
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.1% Excellent
Memory 94.5
1-Core 96.1
2-Core 205
77% 132 Pts
4-Core 422
8-Core 588
64% 505 Pts
64-Core 586
36% 586 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 86.1%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450
Sapphire(174B E206) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 12.104.0.0
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
1.94% Terrible
Lighting 2.37
Reflection 2.38
Parallax 2.88
2% 2.54 fps
MRender 1.86
Gravity 1.6
Splatting 3.35
2% 2.27 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 1.94%
Great: 2%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
170GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
93.6% Outstanding
Read 430
Write 328
Mixed 383
85% 381 MB/s
4K Read 39
4K Write 65
4K Mixed 42.7
148% 48.9 MB/s
DQ Read 241
DQ Write 225
DQ Mixed 113
118% 193 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 93.6%
Great: 124%
H/W RAID 10 6TB
2TB free, PID 0567
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
15.4% Very poor
Read 41.3
Write 41.2
Mixed 9.11
36% 30.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.31
4K Write 0.14
4K Mixed 0.12
10% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 15.4%
Great: 81%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
106% Outstanding
MC Read 39.6
MC Write 45.3
MC Mixed 40.4
119% 41.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 13.8
SC Mixed 13.2
43% 14.9 GB/s
Latency 58.5
68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 106%
Great: 101%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 WS Builds (Compare 426 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $782
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