Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	107% 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	93.2% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	41.9 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '20 at 22:17
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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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-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 77.7 1-Core 87.2 2-Core 160 64% 108 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 508 49% 403 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 146 Parallax 138 114% 141 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 201 134 123 111 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 469 Mixed 340 SusWrite 165 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 45.5 151% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 342 263% 357 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 93 90 97 96 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 109 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 96.1 62% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C1 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C1 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C1 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C1 48GB 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 11 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 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