Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	8.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 06:36
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 619 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 194 Parallax 207 147% 194 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 183 Splatting 125 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3722) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 61.3 56% 65.9 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 66.5 Splatting 66.5 56% 68.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 201 201 174 160 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 497 Mixed 372 SusWrite 198 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 59.5 210% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 236 213% 323 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 118%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 158GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 483 478 454 468 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 498 Mixed 472 SusWrite 464 110% 488 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 66.8 228% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 366 275% 368 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 331GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 92 93 93 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.8 Mixed 55 SusWrite 93.2 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 26.7 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 63%

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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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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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