Asus P9X79

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '22 at 21:59
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 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 (97^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 561 57% 461 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86CA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 522.25 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 101 Parallax 96.7 83% 99.8 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 79.3 78% 98.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 339 Write 250 Mixed 278 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 38.5 132% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 158 136% 199 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 84%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 265GB free Firmware: 6L7QCXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 1,898 Write 1,591 Mixed 990 331% 1,493 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 56.3 188% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 560 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 501 362% 471 MB/s
Poor: 126% Great: 259%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 69.8 Write 88 Mixed 51.8 52% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 233GB free Firmware: 3.AAB Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 87.9 Write 55.5 Mixed 50.1 48% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 54%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 931GB free Firmware: SD35 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 221 Write 23.7 Mixed 73.6 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 66%
MXT-USB Storage Device 16GB 662 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 14GB free, PID 8816 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 18.9 Write 3 Mixed 12.7 13% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.3 82% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C11D3/4GX KHX2133C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX 16GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 49.1 MC Mixed 41.4 125% 43.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

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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	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 $75Bench 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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $507

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16