Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 65% Destroyer


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	97.1% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '21 at 22:00
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

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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 Core i7-4930K-$100 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 183 68% 119 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 556 55% 447 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 143 Parallax 133 108% 136 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 121 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 367 381 391 364 366 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 436 Mixed 363 SusWrite 369 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 40 130% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 205 194% 303 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 747GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 171 164 173 166 169 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.2% Above average	Read 196 Write 165 Mixed 164 SusWrite 167 39% 173 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 27.4 94% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 169 124% 161 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 133%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 890GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 219 217 221 213 215 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	70.3% Very good	Read 245 Write 238 Mixed 218 SusWrite 214 52% 229 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 36.1 124% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 198 150% 200 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 169 166 166 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 147 Write 142 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 166 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 2x8GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.2% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 14.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 10.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 67%

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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%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	655x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	233x

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 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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