Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.1% 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	86% 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.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '20 at 16:58
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (48^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, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 88.2 2-Core 194 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 500 51% 411 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% MSI(1462 2804) 1GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	8.1% Terrible	Lighting 9 Reflection 8.81 Parallax 10.2 7% 9.33 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 12 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.1% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 212 178 163 158 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 422 Write 408 Mixed 375 SusWrite 197 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 39.5 131% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 364 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 119GB free Firmware: 3B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 77 77 77 77 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 67.9 Write 64.8 Mixed 51.9 SusWrite 75.3 48% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 62%

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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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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	230x

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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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