Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '19 at 05:58
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 200 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 590 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.3% Very good	Lighting 92.3 Reflection 109 Parallax 104 75% 102 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 97.5 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 114GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 466 468 467 434 405 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 480 Mixed 408 SusWrite 451 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 56.7 187% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Samsung CM87 128GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 48GB free Firmware: 1D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 87 64 57 51 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 471 Write 126 Mixed 171 SusWrite 86.7 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 23.5 94% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 40.6 DQ Mixed 58.6 55% 89.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 57%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,819 Write 1,142 Mixed 777 274% 1,246 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 66.1 218% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 704 DQ Write 546 DQ Mixed 663 486% 638 MB/s
Poor: 106% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 732GB free Firmware: HP23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 106 105 107 105 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 108 Write 97 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 105 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: HP23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 124 122 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 125 Write 120 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 123 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1600 C7 8x4GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 35 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 100%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	108x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	82x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $175Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	9x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $782

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16