Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '20 at 22:11
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 227 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 598 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(1DA2 E348) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1296 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.1.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Lighting 29.4 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 37.7 24% 33.5 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 29.8 Splatting 32.7 25% 30.7 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 22%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G1CS1754D117-551 120GB 2,096 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 107 124 127 102 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 420 Write 292 Mixed 271 SusWrite 126 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 28.3 78% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 178 161% 245 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2400 2x4GB 1,026 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 12.6 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 82%

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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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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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