Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	71.3% 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 19 '20 at 15:15
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 78 2-Core 178 66% 114 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 497 50% 408 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.9% 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 (95^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 153 Parallax 168 132% 161 fps	MRender 203 Gravity 137 Splatting 110 118% 150 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 305 260 280 262 268 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 450 Write 346 Mixed 271 SusWrite 277 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 26.4 89% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 98.4 DQ Mixed 147 122% 180 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 248GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 410 426 404 408 407 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 452 Mixed 387 SusWrite 412 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 42.9 138% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
WD Red 6TB (2019)-$129 374 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 155 152 155 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 176 Mixed 73 SusWrite 153 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 0.7 285% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 97%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 311 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 3.5TB free, PID ab30 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 143 142 142 134 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 109 Write 134 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 139 157% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 188% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

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 (96^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 31.3 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 77%

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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	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 $254	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