Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.3% 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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20121102
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 21:16
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 88.3 2-Core 196 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 486 53% 418 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.1 83% 102 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 98.6 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 122 162 114 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 437 Write 186 Mixed 226 SusWrite 141 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 15.4 85% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 29.9 47% 89 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 72%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 365GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 74 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 88.3 Write 94 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 73.7 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 372GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 164 165 164 165 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 114 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 164 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 112%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 450GB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 19 20 19 20 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 30.3 Write 25 Mixed 25 SusWrite 19.6 33% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 44%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB 800 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 739GB free, PID ce23 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 20 20 20 20 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 27.8 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 19.8 35% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 71% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 30.7 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.4 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 63%

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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%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	651x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	230x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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