Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.3% 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	97.2% 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	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	20.9 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 21:59
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 701 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.5% 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: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.6 82% 103 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 101 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.3% 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: 472 412 418 440 413 430 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 446 Mixed 383 SusWrite 431 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 38.6 128% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 359 246% 303 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 128%
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 130GB free Firmware: P0624AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 142 163 69 69 68 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.6% Above average	Read 252 Write 245 Mixed 232 SusWrite 127 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 28.8 92% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 126 103% 143 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 140GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 448 443 448 451 449 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 460 Mixed 405 SusWrite 450 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 41.8 141% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 273 206% 275 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 35.1 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 99%

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

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Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	656x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16