Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics113% 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 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.
Memory64GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus P9X79 WS  (all builds)
Memory59.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140826
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 11 '19 at 16:10
Run Duration181 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing below expectations (21st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
66.1% Good
Memory 81.3
1-Core 69.1
2-Core 139
58% 96.5 Pts
4-Core 275
8-Core 472
45% 374 Pts
64-Core 596
37% 596 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 66.1%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
113% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 185
Parallax 175
116% 168 fps
MRender 128
Gravity 179
Splatting 127
117% 145 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 113%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
259GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA7C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 25 21 64 53 78 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
14.4% Very poor
Read 5.3
Write 6
Mixed 5.7
SusWrite 45.1
11% 15.5 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 14.4%
Great: 107%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100
524GB free
Firmware: CC34
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 42 42 42 50 49 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
32% Below average
Read 66
Write 34.2
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 45.3
33% 44.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.8
135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 32%
Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40
801GB free
Firmware: CC25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 142 144 143 143 142 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
80.4% Excellent
Read 138
Write 101
Mixed 74.8
SusWrite 143
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 113%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
19GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 99 95 101 100 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
56.9% Above average
Read 99.8
Write 100
Mixed 68.5
SusWrite 98.2
68% 91.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 56.9%
Great: 83%
Seagate Expansion 1TB
3GB free
Firmware: 9300
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 48.3
Write 66.7
Mixed 51.5
42% 55.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.4
123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 66%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9965525-129.A00LF 9965525-129.A00LF 9965525-129.A00LF 9965525-129.A00LF KHX1866C9D3/8GX KHX1866C9D3/8GX KHX1866C9D3/8GX KHX1866C9D3/8GX 64GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
90.5% Outstanding
MC Read 36.8
MC Write 36.7
MC Mixed 35
103% 36.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.1
SC Write 9.9
SC Mixed 10.3
32% 11.1 GB/s
Latency 78.1
51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 83%
This bench: 90.5%
Great: 92%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 WS Builds (Compare 426 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $782
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