Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	23% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	15.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '21 at 02:19
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 1,265 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 85 2-Core 166 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 657 57% 489 Pts	64-Core 1,204 74% 1,204 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 75%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8120G 120GB 7,130 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03090004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 24 22 28 38 47 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	23% Poor	Read 154 Write 53 Mixed 58.1 SusWrite 31.6 16% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 4.5 39% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 47.4 DQ Mixed 84.6 63% 86.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 87%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 931GB free Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 252 249 252 247 243 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	76.8% Very good	Read 262 Write 252 Mixed 235 SusWrite 249 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 40.3 135% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 199 151% 202 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 177 176 176 175 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 153 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 176 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: 03.03E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 103 103 103 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 101 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 102 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH 20GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.2% Above average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 17.3 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 9.7 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 77%

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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	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $44Bench 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 $290	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 $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16