Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	35.8% 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	61% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121225
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '19 at 09:10
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Memory 89.6 1-Core 30.9 2-Core 59.1 44% 59.9 Pts	4-Core 106 8-Core 274 22% 190 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8528) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 43.9 Parallax 39.3 38% 43.3 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 36 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 130 148 145 139 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	61% Good	Read 460 Write 297 Mixed 264 SusWrite 140 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 33.1 4K Mixed 24.8 81% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 124 112% 172 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 394GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 304 436 439 446 444 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 460 Write 446 Mixed 348 SusWrite 392 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 34.5 4K Mixed 29.4 98% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 204 154% 207 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 134%

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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 28.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 5.8 17% 5.93 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.9% 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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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