Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.7% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 03:13
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 198 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 703 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 167 Parallax 102 84% 124 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 102 Splatting 100 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 343 281 278 274 272 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 452 Mixed 358 SusWrite 322 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 43.7 141% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 364 248% 304 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 128%
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 86GB free Firmware: P0624AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 147 140 69 69 43 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55% Above average	Read 251 Write 238 Mixed 230 SusWrite 119 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 30.2 99% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 168 121% 156 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 112GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 363 290 258 238 221 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 445 Mixed 393 SusWrite 306 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 47.1 150% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 365 249% 306 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 3x8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 35.4 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 99%

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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	654x
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	85x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 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: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $484

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16