Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 23:47
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 677 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 831 51% 831 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 67.5 61% 73.2 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 70.7 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 100 108 80 70 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 449 Write 187 Mixed 227 SusWrite 93.9 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 15.4 103% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 30.1 73% 155 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 72%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 5.5TB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 936GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 4.6 3.3 4.9 4.5 3.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 9 Mixed 12.3 SusWrite 4.3 11% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 198%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 4TB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 236 231 240 237 232 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 238 Write 249 Mixed 132 SusWrite 236 157% 214 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 1.7 425% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 138%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 3TB free Firmware: 0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 173 182 177 180 176 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 169 Mixed 77 SusWrite 178 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.5 203% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 121%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 2TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 108 110 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 109 126% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 42%
LEXAR CF AST 256GB CARD 113GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 198 198 195 195 194 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	169% Outstanding	Read 303 Write 142 Mixed 222 SusWrite 197 276% 216 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 6.9 1,156% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 12.7 DQ Write 27.3 DQ Mixed 7.4 1,227% 15.8 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 34.7 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 98%

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

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Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	650x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	229x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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