Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	75.8% 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	80.1% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	61.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 22:12
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2650L v2 76 User benchmarks, average bench 56% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 1.7 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	55.3% Above average	Memory 75.9 1-Core 47.2 2-Core 92.2 46% 71.8 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 378 33% 283 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 88.5 Reflection 110 Parallax 106 72% 102 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 82.9 83% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 137 140 143 144 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 452 Write 421 Mixed 324 SusWrite 172 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 36.6 124% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 167 159% 250 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 156 160 160 159 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 122 Mixed 62 SusWrite 158 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 193 194 194 193 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 151 Mixed 78 SusWrite 194 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 11GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 6.4 8.4 8.5 9 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 17.8 Mixed 19 SusWrite 11.3 24% 19.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 2.6 175% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 8x8GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 35.3 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 6.8 22% 7.67 GB/s	Latency 88.5 45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 98%

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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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Gaming 58%

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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	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	230x

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 $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