Asus P9X79

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	42.3% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 07:30
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 93.8 2-Core 204 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 621 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2000 13,526 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 094C) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 411.81 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 85 94 84 87 96 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.3% Average	Read 133 Write 179 Mixed 123 SusWrite 92.2 30% 132 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 23.3 81% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 112 92% 132 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 80%
Apacer AS203 64GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 54GB free Firmware: AP008PA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 169 168 167 169 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 212 Write 193 Mixed 169 SusWrite 169 42% 186 MB/s	4K Read 9.4 4K Write 27.4 4K Mixed 9.9 41% 15.6 MB/s	DQ Read 8 DQ Write 20.3 DQ Mixed 10.4 9% 12.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 3,428 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 34 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.4 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 63%

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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%

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	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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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