Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 157% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 155% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	203% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	58 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180507
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '21 at 19:35
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2-$142 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 91.2 2-Core 183 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 729 64% 547 Pts	64-Core 1,123 70% 1,123 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,135 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% MSI(1462 3884) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4900 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	203% Outstanding	Lighting 287 Reflection 298 Parallax 346 234% 310 fps	MRender 364 Gravity 267 Splatting 196 216% 276 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1TB 16,136 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 685GB free Firmware: 32A0T2IA SusWrite @10s intervals: 1746 1812 1798 1815 1822 1807 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,201 Write 1844 Mixed 1,467 SusWrite 1,800 410% 1,828 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 56.4 182% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 481 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 420 309% 409 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 373%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 178 162 110 118 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 358 Write 240 Mixed 246 SusWrite 142 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 28.2 97% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 122 116% 180 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 91%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 72GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 230 232 234 229 230 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 381 Write 244 Mixed 256 SusWrite 227 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 36.3 127% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 266 201% 272 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 95%
ST5000AS0011-1L5178 5TB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 8GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 81 82 79 81 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	8.75% Terrible	Read 39 Write 69.7 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 82.7 13% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 9.6 4K Mixed 0.9 7% 3.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 2.7 DQ Mixed 2.5 2% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.75% Great: 17%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1GB free Firmware: SC43 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 25.8 Write 29.7 Mixed 29 21% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 70% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 100%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 18GB free Firmware: SC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 81.8 Write 69.7 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 78.2 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 100%
Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB 3,084 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 36GB free Firmware: CV14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 87.2 Mixed 65 SusWrite 81.5 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18JSF1G72AZ-1G9E2 8x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 46.4 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 37.5 118% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 11.1 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

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Typical P9X79 WS Builds (Compare 435 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	109x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	82x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $175Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	9x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $843

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369