Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.4% 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	92.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180507
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 23 '19 at 08:18
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 79 2-Core 157 65% 108 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 541 52% 428 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1267) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 94.6 Parallax 86.4 87% 95.9 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 89.6 Splatting 80.9 74% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 842GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 420 414 411 388 388 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 418 Mixed 385 SusWrite 407 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 33.5 111% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 298 241% 342 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 125%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 223GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 261 261 261 262 262 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 357 Write 263 Mixed 283 SusWrite 261 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 22 4K Mixed 16.1 53% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 181 163% 247 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 228GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 75 75 75 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 78.5 Write 74 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 74.4 53% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 76%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 110 109 111 105 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 149 Write 145 Mixed 80 SusWrite 108 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 8x4GB 392 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 33.8 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10.8 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 128%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	106x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	81x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	9x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $782

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