Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '20 at 18:38
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 757 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 886 55% 886 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 115 Parallax 110 86% 110 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 102 Splatting 106 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 452 477 486 464 320 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 488 Mixed 385 SusWrite 445 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 55 180% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 271 229% 335 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 128%
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 130GB free Firmware: P0624AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 162 151 69 69 69 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.1% Good	Read 153 Write 248 Mixed 236 SusWrite 128 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 40.7 136% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 129 109% 159 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 140GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 478 477 489 489 409 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 482 Mixed 415 SusWrite 468 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 59 197% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 366 263% 335 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 3x8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 35.1 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 99%

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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 1,720 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

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 $76Bench 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: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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