Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	106% 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	58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	39.9 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120618
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 20:34
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 76.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 180 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 468 49% 393 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 143 Parallax 139 112% 140 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 110 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 500GB 2,934 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 246GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 158 113 95 182 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 437 Write 115 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 116 41% 189 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 19.8 79% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 72.4 DQ Mixed 68.3 88% 167 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 171 103 60 45 36 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.7% Above average	Read 246 Write 237 Mixed 222 SusWrite 104 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 31.5 101% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 189 145% 196 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 589GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 108 108 111 105 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 202 Write 161 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 108 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 113%
WD My Passport 259F 2TB 3,542 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 856GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 28 29 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 27.5 Mixed 25 SusWrite 27.8 38% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 48GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 30.3 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 87.1 46% 87.1 ns

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	647x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	229x

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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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