Asus P9X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics102% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardAsus P9X79  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20131015
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 16 '17 at 16:34
Run Duration85 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
77.8% Very good
Memory 88.6
1-Core 76.5
2-Core 180
67% 115 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 571
58% 467 Pts
64-Core 742
46% 742 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 77.8%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 143
Parallax 136
105% 136 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 139
Splatting 109
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
479GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
94.1% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 156
Mixed 107
108% 145 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 1.47
4K Mixed 0.28
80% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 94.1%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
48.2% Average
MC Read 18.7
MC Write 16.2
MC Mixed 16.1
49% 17 GB/s
SC Read 12.2
SC Write 13.3
SC Mixed 9.6
33% 11.7 GB/s
Latency 68.9
58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 38%
This bench: 48.2%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical P9X79 Builds (Compare 1,700 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $512
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