Asus P9X79 LE

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	153% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 LE (all builds)
Memory	38.4 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '20 at 02:24
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 100 2-Core 197 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 562 58% 466 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% HP(103C 079C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 15 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 18.5 12% 15.9 fps	MRender 20.6 Gravity 18.2 Splatting 16.6 15% 18.5 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 558 540 528 540 534 500 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 1,695 Write 788 Mixed 553 SusWrite 533 196% 892 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 37 129% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 274 204% 273 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 243%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 160 161 161 162 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 158 Mixed 40 SusWrite 160 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 91%
SABRENT 1TB 52GB free Firmware: RKT303.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 545 556 561 548 568 560 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 155 160 159 160 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 148 Write 152 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 159 86% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 91%
WD WD5001FFWX-68Z39N0 5TB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 3TB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 178 184 176 176 170 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 186 Mixed 92 SusWrite 176 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 257% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 122%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 124 127 127 129 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 120 Write 124 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 126 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 83%
General UDisk 32GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 4.5 3.6 0 5.7 4.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	4.98% Terrible	Read 19 Write 2.3 Mixed 18 SusWrite 3.6 13% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.98% Great: 10%
Generic- SD/MMC 128GB 234 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 84GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 17.7 Write 16.8 Mixed 16 SusWrite 17.3 23% 17 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.3 216% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00 6x8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 6 of 8 slots used 48GB 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	67.4% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 24.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.2 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 99%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 LE - $99

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	346x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	274x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	79x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	72x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	55x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	26x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	21x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $439

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16