Asus P9X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics125% 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 Drive84.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus P9X79  (all builds)
Memory2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131224
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 24 '20 at 21:50
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3930K
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Memory 92.4
1-Core 100
2-Core 200
76% 131 Pts
4-Core 372
8-Core 571
58% 472 Pts
64-Core 726
45% 726 Pts
Poor: 66%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
EVGA(3842 6694) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.0
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 169
Reflection 194
Parallax 195
138% 186 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 184
Splatting 126
118% 145 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U21010RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 389 405 404 415 397 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Read 485
Write 369
Mixed 269
SusWrite 394
85% 379 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 71.2
4K Mixed 17.8
103% 39 MB/s
DQ Read 180
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 109
120% 198 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 78%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$100
510GB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 472 465 473 477 456 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 414
Write 281
Mixed 346
SusWrite 462
85% 376 MB/s
4K Read 36.9
4K Write 76.6
4K Mixed 38.5
146% 50.7 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 226
203% 307 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 105%
Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
336GB free
Firmware: JC4A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 89 89 89 84 85 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
52.2% Above average
Read 95.2
Write 89
Mixed 53.7
SusWrite 86.7
60% 81.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 52.2%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 8 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
48.3% Average
MC Read 19.5
MC Write 15.1
MC Mixed 15.3
48% 16.6 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 13.5
SC Mixed 10.6
36% 12.8 GB/s
Latency 63.3
63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 48.3%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 Builds (Compare 1,709 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 58%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $508
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