Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.3% 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	100% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130829
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '19 at 23:06
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 88.8 2-Core 152 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 498 52% 419 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 847A) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 29 Parallax 42.2 26% 34.3 fps	MRender 41 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 32.6 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 434 434 440 379 289 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 421 Mixed 400 SusWrite 402 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 37.1 136% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 393 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 129%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 119GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 260 260 259 261 259 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 456 Mixed 398 SusWrite 275 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 50.6 172% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 233 210% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 188GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 72 72 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 121 Write 116 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 72.9 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$78 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 282GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 58.8 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 59.4 39% 53.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0 2x4GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 16.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 77%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	655x
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	87x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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