Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	104% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '20 at 11:48
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 204 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 673 66% 541 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.6% Poor	Lighting 17.8 Reflection 46.2 Parallax 28.7 14% 30.9 fps	MRender 49.7 Gravity 24.9 Splatting 44 33% 39.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 290 277 180 149 149 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 484 Mixed 385 SusWrite 233 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 52.3 172% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 494GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 394 419 448 452 453 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 484 Mixed 463 SusWrite 424 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 54 176% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 221 205% 318 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 555GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 110 109 111 112 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 111 Write 100 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 111 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 433GB free Firmware: CC9C SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 85 83 85 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 80.3 Write 13.5 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 84.8 37% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 114%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 95GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 121 123 127 128 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 91.3 Write 87.5 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 125 59% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 51.9 MC Write 50.4 MC Mixed 45.6 141% 49.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14.3 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 121%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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