Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.5% 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	86% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '19 at 04:39
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 502 55% 434 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868E); ROG-STRIX-RTX2060-O6G-GAMING CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 116 Parallax 117 100% 118 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 102 Splatting 82.3 84% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 284GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 345 336 323 336 318 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 461 Write 311 Mixed 338 SusWrite 333 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 32.9 105% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 273 220% 308 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 127%
Intel 540s Series 480GB 4,519 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 41GB free Firmware: LSF031C SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 239 236 173 117 118 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.3% Good	Read 252 Write 243 Mixed 222 SusWrite 187 51% 226 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 30.8 98% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 180 136% 182 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 95%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 108GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 86 86 87 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 101 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 86.2 65% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 38.5 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 88%

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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