Asus P9X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.3% 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)
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '20 at 20:59
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 499 56% 443 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost-$140 15,701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 845B) 2GB CLim: 1137 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Lighting 19.8 Reflection 18.5 Parallax 24.4 16% 20.9 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 21.8 19% 24.1 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingmax 60GB 60GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: M100 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 75.8 Write 50 Mixed 57.3 14% 61 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 13.7 48% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 46.4 DQ Write 50 DQ Mixed 48.2 36% 48.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 67%
Maxtor STM3160813AS 160GB 1,148 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 19GB free Firmware: MC1J SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 67 67 67 68 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 66.3 Write 66.5 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 64.8 44% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 66%
Maxtor 6L080M0 82GB-$76 270 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 61GB free Firmware: BACE SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 59 59 58 59 59 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 57.5 Write 64.5 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 57.3 40% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.1 161% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 32%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 263GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 80 78 79 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 85 Write 82.3 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 75.7 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 85%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 390GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 90 90 91 91 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 52.8 Write 53.8 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 86.3 77% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 4x4GB 258 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 30.2 92% 32 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 79%

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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	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 $76Bench 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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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