Asus P9X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics95.3% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus P9X79  (all builds)
Memory14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120803
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 11 '19 at 15:53
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Memory 90.6
1-Core 104
2-Core 197
76% 130 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 664
66% 539 Pts
64-Core 791
49% 791 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
95.3% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 128
Parallax 129
107% 129 fps
MRender 182
Gravity 126
Splatting 0.09
73% 103 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 95.3%
Great: 112%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Re 1TB (2013)-$65
883GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01V03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 78 70 67 66 82 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
54.6% Above average
Read 119
Write 116
Mixed 98.4
SusWrite 71.1
75% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 37%
This bench: 54.6%
Great: 77%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX 9905403-198.A00LF KHX2400C11D3/4GX 9905403-198.A00LF 16GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
50.2% Above average
MC Read 19.3
MC Write 16.5
MC Mixed 16.4
50% 17.4 GB/s
SC Read 14.4
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 12.1
39% 13.6 GB/s
Latency 66.4
60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 50.2%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 Builds (Compare 1,711 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $484
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