Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	302% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '19 at 13:03
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 1,265 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 95 2-Core 196 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 743 67% 562 Pts	64-Core 1,429 88% 1,429 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 165 Parallax 188 135% 173 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 144 Splatting 108 118% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2038 2018 1869 1683 1489 1340 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,724 Write 2,164 Mixed 1,348 SusWrite 1,740 446% 1,994 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 64.3 212% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 504 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 468 347% 460 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 393%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C10 4x4GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 53.4 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 38 125% 43.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 10.4 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%

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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%

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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