Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	217% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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, 4 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '20 at 21:27
Run Duration	311 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$100 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 96 2-Core 213 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 664 64% 529 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 874D) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 74.8 Parallax 70.2 65% 74.8 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 57.8 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$125 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 918 539 548 548 547 547 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,841 Write 1,292 Mixed 662 SusWrite 608 244% 1,101 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 88.1 256% 97.1 MB/s	DQ Read 753 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 70.2 177% 385 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 157GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6486 Write 6,108 Mixed 6,179 1,398% 6,258 MB/s	4K Read 384 4K Write 300 4K Mixed 172 961% 285 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 600 DQ Mixed 626 484% 665 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 96GB free Firmware: 6B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 187 189 188 186 187 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	63.3% Good	Read 256 Write 245 Mixed 213 SusWrite 190 51% 226 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 31.4 113% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 25 52% 106 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 110%
Crucial_CT250MX2 250GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 111GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 285 276 258 259 259 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 436 Write 419 Mixed 363 SusWrite 282 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 38.2 130% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 25.1 71% 150 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 106%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 108GB free Firmware: 121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 589 295 108 108 126 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 882 Write 584 Mixed 598 SusWrite 219 127% 571 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 53.3 197% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 45.3 135% 283 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 157%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 284GB free Firmware: 1118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 83 83 82 83 83 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 80 Write 43.3 Mixed 46.1 SusWrite 83.3 46% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 334GB free Firmware: 00E4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 109 114 108 113 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 136 Write 53.2 Mixed 76 SusWrite 112 70% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.3 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 75%
Corsair Neutron 256GB 146GB free Firmware: M311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 186 190 187 186 187 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Flash Drive SM_USB20 1GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	4.93% Terrible	Read 16 Write 4.3 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 4.7 8% 7.45 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.93% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0 8x4GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 37.5 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 102%

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

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Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	656x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	40x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	28x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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