Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 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 22:35
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 203 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 599 60% 490 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.7% 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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 144 Parallax 134 109% 137 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 144 Splatting 121 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 410 416 420 417 419 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 481 Mixed 384 SusWrite 419 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 47.7 163% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 242 214% 322 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$135 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 726GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 234 233 233 234 234 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	81.9% Excellent	Read 245 Write 230 Mixed 232 SusWrite 234 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 47.9 157% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 198 149% 198 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 133%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 890GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 234 235 234 235 235 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	78.2% Very good	Read 246 Write 230 Mixed 223 SusWrite 234 53% 233 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 42.4 145% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 198 150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 172 173 170 172 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 150 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 171 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.5% 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 as expected (40^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.3% 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	657x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	364x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	87x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	40x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	28x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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