Asus P9X79 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	77% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '18 at 19:50
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 81.9 2-Core 185 67% 117 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 567 58% 469 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 114 Parallax 111 87% 111 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 88.4 76% 94.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 167 160 156 150 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 462 Write 410 Mixed 327 SusWrite 169 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 30.7 104% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 346 262% 353 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 124%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 202GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 118 121 117 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	71% Very good	Read 129 Write 158 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 117 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 311% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 107%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 65GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 111 104 108 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 141 Write 113 Mixed 100 SusWrite 107 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 4x8GB 289 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 35.1 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 10.9 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 101%

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

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 DELUXE - $500

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	254x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	162x
Core i7-3960XIntel $265Bench 78%, 2,165 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	31x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	19x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
DDR3 1600G DDR3 1600G Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 12GBAdataBench 52%, 28 samples	11x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,060

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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