Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.4% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '20 at 17:10
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 634 68% 542 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Lighting 97 Reflection 87 Parallax 76.2 79% 86.7 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 80 Splatting 77.7 63% 76.3 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 101 95 102 102 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 475 Write 452 Mixed 365 SusWrite 118 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 42.5 145% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 237 213% 322 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 118%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 827GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 89 92 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 94.8 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 90.5 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 61%
JMicron H/W RAID1 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 149GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 36 35 37 37 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 34.6 Mixed 27.1 SusWrite 35.7 46% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 61% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.4% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 21.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 113%

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

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Typical P9X79 Builds (Compare 1,721 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	657x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	364x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	87x

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	43x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	40x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	28x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $658

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16