Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	121% 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	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '20 at 16:46
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 90.5 2-Core 179 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 498 54% 431 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 37B6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 154 Parallax 157 131% 157 fps	MRender 204 Gravity 138 Splatting 109 118% 150 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 242 257 276 220 267 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 449 Write 320 Mixed 260 SusWrite 255 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 21.7 80% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 98 DQ Mixed 149 122% 180 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 248GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 450 466 450 440 430 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 452 Mixed 381 SusWrite 449 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 42.8 139% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
WD Red 6TB (2019)-$129 374 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 151 152 151 154 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 155 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 152 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 0.8 304% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 31.1 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 73.3 54% 73.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 77%

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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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Gaming 58%

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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	653x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	231x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
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	39x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16