Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 28 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '19 at 21:12
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 195 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 469 49% 394 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 194 Parallax 195 106% 173 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 173 Splatting 123 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 446 Write 451 Mixed 387 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 48.4 162% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 230 209% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 839GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 420 445 465 464 458 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 462 Mixed 410 SusWrite 432 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 53.8 171% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 361 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 411GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 75 75 75 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 77.5 Write 81 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 74.5 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 106 71% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 84%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 800 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 245GB free, PID a20c Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 28.7 Mixed 20 SusWrite 28.6 36% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 33% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMY16GX3M2A2400C1 CMY16GX3M2A2400C1 CMY16GX3M2A2400C1 CMY16GX3M2A2400C1 28GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 40.8 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16