Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	15 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '20 at 23:26
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2-$635 10,921 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 219 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 674 65% 534 Pts	64-Core 854 53% 854 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.50 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.4% Good	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 103 Parallax 104 56% 91.8 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 104 Splatting 82.9 87% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 240GB 5,061 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 121 61 65 89 75 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 441 Write 405 Mixed 328 SusWrite 118 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 31.5 117% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 178 176% 279 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 94%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 185GB free Firmware: S0813A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 219 58 18 19 43 MB/s Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.5% Above average	Read 243 Write 216 Mixed 220 SusWrite 94.2 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 27.2 113% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 47.4 71% 132 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 102%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 253GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 123 130 131 124 118 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	65% Good	Read 102 Write 99.8 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 124 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 212GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 73 72 74 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 99 Write 92.2 Mixed 62 SusWrite 72.5 60% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 76%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 186GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 65 67 66 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 48.5 Write 52.3 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 65.4 38% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX F3-12800CL9-4GBRL Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX F3-12800CL9-4GBRL Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 32GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 34.2 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.7 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	653x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	231x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
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	39x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16