Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	88.5% 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	14.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121005
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '20 at 12:05
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	72%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	Memory 77 1-Core 68.8 2-Core 150 58% 98.7 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 363 38% 303 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 122 Parallax 105 92% 113 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 112 Splatting 93.6 82% 101 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 77 70 39 36 49 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	14.3% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 74 Mixed 93 SusWrite 55.6 14% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 4.2 16% 6.93 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 99.7 DQ Mixed 88.3 72% 104 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 459GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 96 97 67 82 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 96.7 Mixed 66 SusWrite 89.8 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 29.6 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 10.6 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 79%

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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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Typical P9X79 Builds (Compare 1,698 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	650x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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