Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	107% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '20 at 18:52
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 626 67% 531 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8747) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 117 Parallax 132 106% 126 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 119 Splatting 108 109% 137 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 325 318 318 317 308 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 385 Mixed 329 SusWrite 313 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 45.8 168% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 266 227% 333 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 129%
OCZ Trion 100 480GB-$139 1,753 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 412GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 105 122 123 123 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 508 Write 471 Mixed 390 SusWrite 125 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 35.6 111% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 194 188% 295 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 90%
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$34 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 59GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 175 174 173 172 175 MB/s Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	77.8% Very good	Read 237 Write 251 Mixed 202 SusWrite 173 49% 216 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 45.8 157% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 192 147% 199 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 105%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 963GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 170 167 166 166 168 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 394GB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 151 148 151 151 152 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 143 Write 144 Mixed 62 SusWrite 150 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 276% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 109%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 143 144 146 146 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 136 Write 140 Mixed 68.9 SusWrite 143 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 970 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID ab28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 125 126 129 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	49% Average	Read 48.4 Write 109 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 125 124% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 183% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 30.7 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 86%

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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	232x

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 $76Bench 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	28x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $490	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