Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	95.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 19:11
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 1,265 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Memory 72.5 1-Core 75.4 2-Core 151 58% 99.5 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 558 51% 429 Pts	64-Core 1,072 66% 1,072 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 128 Parallax 119 98% 122 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 125 Splatting 111 91% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,490 Write 3378 Mixed 3,374 763% 3,414 MB/s	4K Read 205 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 153 584% 168 MB/s	DQ Read 468 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 374 282% 382 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GB 11,656 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 435GB free Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1184 837 839 838 837 838 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,984 Write 1,823 Mixed 1,585 SusWrite 896 352% 1,572 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 44.7 143% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 334 242% 315 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 288%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 636GB free Firmware: MN6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 97 94 99 89 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 20.8 Write 82.7 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 96.1 42% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.3 78% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 759GB free Firmware: MN6OAA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 107 108 106 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 97.8 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 106 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 454GB free Firmware: MN6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 82 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 89.1 Write 90.1 Mixed 45 SusWrite 84.9 56% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 85%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 154GB free Firmware: JB0OA3T0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 77 80 81 81 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 88.9 Write 84.1 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 80.3 50% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 6x4GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 6 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	44.8% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 8.5 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 95.8 42% 95.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 83%

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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	656x
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	96x
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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	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) $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