Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	80.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '20 at 02:32
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 76 2-Core 183 64% 112 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 466 48% 387 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 144 Parallax 129 108% 135 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 122 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 112 86 85 83 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 358 Write 397 Mixed 308 SusWrite 138 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 42.2 132% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 148GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 118 120 120 120 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 77.1 Write 74.6 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 119 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 368GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 102 103 102 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 112 Write 100 Mixed 83 SusWrite 102 74% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 76%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 567GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 119 120 117 120 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 119 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 101%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 312GB free, PID ab24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 92 94 94 94 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 48.2 Write 84.8 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 92 98% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.5 179% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 29.2 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 83.8 48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 84%

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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	650x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	229x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
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	38x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16