Asus P9X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '20 at 00:56
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 621 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 184 Parallax 172 138% 175 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 166 Splatting 119 109% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 500GB 2,934 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,271 Write 5,316 Mixed 5,219 1,179% 5,269 MB/s	4K Read 302 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 163 747% 205 MB/s	DQ Read 728 DQ Write 455 DQ Mixed 547 420% 577 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 118%
Hitachi HDN724040AL 4TB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: A5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 145 152 153 148 157 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 133 Write 137 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 149 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 95%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 36 55 59 57 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 61 Write 24.8 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 49.9 37% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C11 8x4GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 51.9 MC Write 49.5 MC Mixed 48.1 142% 49.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%

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

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	362x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	231x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16