Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 59%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	77.9% 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	81.8% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	61 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 23 '19 at 01:05
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59% Above average	Memory 78 1-Core 48.8 2-Core 97.1 48% 74.6 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 433 38% 325 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59% 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: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3578 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 91.9 Reflection 115 Parallax 120 75% 109 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 81.7 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 135 142 142 144 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 447 Write 428 Mixed 325 SusWrite 173 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 36.8 126% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 172 170% 273 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 159 158 159 160 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 108 Mixed 62 SusWrite 158 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 194 194 194 195 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 144 Mixed 80 SusWrite 194 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 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 5.8 8.2 8.7 8.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 17.7 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 11.2 24% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 2.8 186% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.5% 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 (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 36.4 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 8.3 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 84.3 48% 84.3 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.8% 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%

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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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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