Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.5% 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	61.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '18 at 00:42
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 204 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 643 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 91.2 Parallax 188 100% 134 fps	MRender 89.3 Gravity 126 Splatting 129 96% 115 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 168 112 128 135 130 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 480 Write 263 Mixed 271 SusWrite 151 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 15.9 95% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 23.4 44% 88 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 74%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 6GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 466 Write 479 Mixed 307 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 23 115% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 210 135% 155 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 747GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 118 121 121 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 112 Write 100 Mixed 66 SusWrite 119 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 211 207 215 211 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 176 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 210 124% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 114%
WD 1600BEV External 160GB 271 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 121GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 27 27 28 28 28 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 27.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 27.2 37% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 86% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 48.5 MC Write 48 MC Mixed 42.8 133% 46.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%

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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%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

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 $179	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