Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 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 61%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	89.7% 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	84% 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	61.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '19 at 03:09
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 Xeon E5-2650L v2 76 User benchmarks, average bench 56% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 1.7 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61% Good	Memory 77.6 1-Core 53.5 2-Core 107 50% 79.4 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 458 42% 349 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61% 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 (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 123 92% 117 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 102 Splatting 83.6 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 141 142 143 144 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 447 Write 428 Mixed 316 SusWrite 164 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 37.6 130% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 168 178% 294 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 159 159 159 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 126 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 159 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 194 194 193 194 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 148 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 194 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

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 @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86% Excellent	MC Read 39 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 33.6 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 8.4 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86% 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%

Battleship

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