Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	158% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	59.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '20 at 23:26
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 629 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2663) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 25.1 Reflection 25.1 Parallax 31.6 20% 27.3 fps	MRender 32.9 Gravity 29.6 Splatting 26.3 24% 29.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 691GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 674 677 683 694 692 675 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 981 Write 911 Mixed 621 SusWrite 682 179% 799 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 54 183% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 404 DQ Write 489 DQ Mixed 391 310% 428 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 445%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 475GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 254 254 257 256 261 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 491 Write 442 Mixed 216 SusWrite 257 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 33.9 122% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 367 DQ Mixed 150 151% 238 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 332%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 3TB 2,213 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 128 129 129 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 145 Mixed 59 SusWrite 129 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 8x8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 33.8 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 110%

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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 $132Bench 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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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) $39	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