Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.2% 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	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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120524
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '19 at 09:45
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 193 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 493 51% 408 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Asus(1043 83F7) 2GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Lighting 45 Reflection 41 Parallax 57.4 37% 47.8 fps	MRender 51.8 Gravity 52.4 Splatting 38.2 38% 47.5 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 383 310 249 252 251 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 410 Write 421 Mixed 361 SusWrite 315 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 27 96% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 326 248% 332 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 99%
Transcend SSD320 128GB-$92 1,687 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 42GB free Firmware: 5.0.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 87 96 95 100 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 165 Write 126 Mixed 124 SusWrite 97.1 29% 128 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 23.8 78% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 113 92% 130 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 62%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 878GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 74 74 74 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 83 Write 75 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 74.3 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 30.6 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 12.5 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 77%

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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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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	654x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	233x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	86x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
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	39x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	28x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16