Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.1% 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	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 07:36
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 758 76% 617 Pts	64-Core 901 56% 901 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 11A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 124 Parallax 116 90% 117 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 107 Splatting 108 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-489 240GB 625 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 196 104 153 126 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 365 Write 281 Mixed 17.8 SusWrite 163 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 25.7 89% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 19.1 84% 189 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 90%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 170GB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 245 247 239 240 240 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.7% Good	Read 230 Write 244 Mixed 220 SusWrite 242 53% 234 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 21.3 110% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 197 150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 111%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 345GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 109 115 117 118 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 150 Write 140 Mixed 35 SusWrite 115 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 170% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 108%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 227 231 254 247 244 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 111 Write 148 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 241 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1 250% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4M Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 31.2 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 89%

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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	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	230x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
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	38x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16