Asus P9X79 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120618
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '20 at 19:16
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 185 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 488 51% 409 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 1460) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Lighting 17.3 Reflection 20.1 Parallax 15.4 14% 17.6 fps	MRender 24.2 Gravity 17.4 Splatting 20.2 17% 20.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 395 363 378 333 380 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 363 Write 336 Mixed 296 SusWrite 371 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 31.7 4K Mixed 25 84% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 50.3 DQ Mixed 122 104% 161 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 110%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 210GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 218 208 219 198 223 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.8% Above average	Read 248 Write 216 Mixed 219 SusWrite 213 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 26.8 87% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 49.2 DQ Mixed 94.2 78% 116 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 133 130 137 123 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 128 Mixed 112 SusWrite 131 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 85%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 188 170 186 166 189 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 174 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 179 108% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.8 205% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 3x4GB 694 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3 of 8 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 24.8 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 71%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 DELUXE - $500

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	253x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	162x
Core i7-3960XIntel $265Bench 78%, 2,165 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	31x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	19x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
DDR3 1600G DDR3 1600G Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 12GBAdataBench 52%, 28 samples	11x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,060

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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