Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	247% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	21.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '20 at 21:30
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 772 79% 636 Pts	64-Core 966 60% 966 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% XFX(1682 C570) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1900 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 75.7 Parallax 102 61% 84.3 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 59.7 54% 67.2 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 49%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEKKF512G8L 512GB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: L11P SusWrite @10s intervals: 830 537 549 548 473 280 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,413 Write 1,536 Mixed 690 SusWrite 536 285% 1,294 MB/s	4K Read 54.4 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 84 264% 92.9 MB/s	DQ Read 891 DQ Write 649 DQ Mixed 783 582% 774 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 269%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 3x8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 30.3 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 85%

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

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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	656x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	40x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	28x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16