Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	117% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '21 at 23:51
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 i7-4930K-$100 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 204 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 652 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% 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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2577 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 155 Parallax 143 121% 149 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 154 Splatting 124 109% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% 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: 448 393 420 423 421 420 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 488 Mixed 405 SusWrite 421 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 52.6 176% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 255 221% 328 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 726GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 239 239 240 240 240 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	85% Excellent	Read 264 Write 254 Mixed 251 SusWrite 239 57% 252 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 50.1 163% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 198 149% 198 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 133%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 890GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 240 240 241 241 240 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	80.9% Excellent	Read 265 Write 254 Mixed 241 SusWrite 240 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 44.1 150% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 198 150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 168 167 163 162 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 146 Write 126 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 165 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.4% 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 @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	64.9% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 22.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.6 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.9% 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%

Battleship

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