Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.8% 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	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '17 at 16:56
Run Duration	87 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 201 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 636 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro W5000 817 User benchmarks, average bench 15% AMD(1002 0B06) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.2601.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 19.2 Reflection 25.5 Parallax 22.6 16% 22.4 fps	MRender 21.9 Gravity 14.9 Splatting 30.3 19% 22.3 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 17%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Marvell HyperDuo 0 2TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: MV.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	55.4% Above average	Read 382 Write 168 Mixed 241 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 23.5 86% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 11.3 28% 55 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS512MLK64V6N 4x4GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 36.3 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 95%

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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 54%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	106x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	81x
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	24x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16