Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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.
Boot Drive	48.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 22:26
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$100 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 97 2-Core 186 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 578 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 370E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 152 Parallax 143 121% 148 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 141 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 133 144 147 153 158 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.3% Average	Read 244 Write 203 Mixed 195 SusWrite 150 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 14.3 83% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 22.9 42% 84 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 74%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$86 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 519GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 440 440 443 402 408 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 441 Mixed 417 SusWrite 424 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 47.3 156% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 296 239% 338 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 125%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 464GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 109 108 110 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 110 Write 78 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 108 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 189GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 82 84 85 87 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 86 Write 88 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 80.2 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 58%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 273GB free Firmware: JB0OA3B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 70 75 75 74 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 120 Write 117 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 73.5 61% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 99U5584-005.A00LF 99U5584-003.A00LF 99U5584-003.A00LF 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 31.6 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 78%

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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	649x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	229x

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 $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