Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	134% 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	178% 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	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.

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

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '20 at 17:17
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 205 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 584 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37BD) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3535 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	134% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 233 Parallax 242 131% 212 fps	MRender 267 Gravity 225 Splatting 140 165% 211 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Addlink M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 2TB 910 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1701 889 877 904 900 917 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,063 Write 1,666 Mixed 1,256 SusWrite 1,031 284% 1,254 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 38.4 146% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 729 DQ Write 509 DQ Mixed 665 484% 634 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 299%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 59GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 204 228 235 209 168 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 376 Write 257 Mixed 268 SusWrite 210 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 26.6 90% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 206 169% 244 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 95%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 165 166 165 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 148 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 164 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M379B5273DH0-YK0 4x4GB 770 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 35.8 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.7 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 112%

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

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	106x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	81x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $55Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	9x

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Total price: $782

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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