Asus P9X79 DELUXE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '19 at 20:43
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X-$265 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 773 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 968 60% 968 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 85 88 86 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 87 Mixed 56 SusWrite 82 58% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS543225L9A300 250GB-$30 4,341 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 13GB free Firmware: FBEOC40C SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 38 39 39 40 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 51.5 Write 51.8 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 39.2 31% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 36%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 55GB free Firmware: GG2OACA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 96 94 96 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 64.5 Write 51.5 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 95 43% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 58%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 118GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 105 104 102 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 158 Write 125 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 103 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 109%
WDC WD16 00BEVT-75ZCT2 160GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 143GB free, PID 2329 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 30.5 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 36 43% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,271 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 42.4 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 36.3 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 14.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 86%

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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 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	32x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: $1,059

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16