Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	142% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '20 at 03:07
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 1,265 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 89.5 2-Core 178 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 718 63% 538 Pts	64-Core 1308 81% 1308 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 159 Parallax 150 119% 152 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 141 Splatting 118 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 487GB 751 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 791 800 801 808 811 814 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 1,021 Write 811 Mixed 534 SusWrite 804 178% 792 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 38.2 128% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 277 208% 279 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 214%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 955GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 179 180 180 180 179 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 104 Write 150 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 180 83% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 110%
External USB 3.0 300GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 130GB free, PID 0578 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 100 99 99 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 100 Write 96.3 Mixed 67 SusWrite 99.3 122% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 147% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 52.2 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 42.9 132% 46.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 10.1 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 88%

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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%

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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 $170	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 $550	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) $29	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