Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% 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	84.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120410
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '18 at 00:05
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 625 59% 491 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 159 Parallax 150 117% 151 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 142 Splatting 116 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 894GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 416 421 429 427 435 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 465 Write 460 Mixed 321 SusWrite 426 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 27.7 106% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 83.6 DQ Mixed 119 98% 145 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 133%
Seagate SkyHawk 3TB (2016)-$85 2,089 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 281GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 74 79 76 74 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 69.3 Write 92 Mixed 44 SusWrite 74 51% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 83% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 104%
Corsair Voyager GT 3.0 128GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 116GB free, PID 1a09, Corsair Flash Voyager GT 128GB Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 77 105 102 87 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 107 Write 148 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 91.4 147% 107 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 1 106% 6.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 61%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 1,865 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 22GB free, PID 6544, Kingston DataTraveller SE9 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.3 1.2 3.8 4.1 4.1 3.9 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 32.3 Write 5.3 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 3.2 11% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Mixed 0 31% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 9%
Corsair Flash Voyager 2GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 2517, Corsair Voyager 2GB Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 9.3 8.7 8.7 9.4 9.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	4.43% Terrible	Read 14.3 Write 9.8 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 9.3 14% 11 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.43% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.5% Very good	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 26.5 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.1 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 83%

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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	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