Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	94.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 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 16 '21 at 08:48
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 1,265 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 74.1 1-Core 82.8 2-Core 164 62% 107 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 638 58% 485 Pts	64-Core 1168 72% 1168 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.9% 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 (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.9% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 129 Parallax 119 97% 122 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 125 Splatting 111 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 729 Write 3,362 Mixed 351 338% 1,481 MB/s	4K Read 177 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 122 509% 153 MB/s	DQ Read 492 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 384 291% 395 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GB 11,656 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 432GB free Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1176 835 831 836 836 832 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,940 Write 1,802 Mixed 1,534 SusWrite 891 346% 1,542 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 44.1 145% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 408 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 381 274% 355 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 288%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 636GB free Firmware: MN6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 67 78 77 59 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 44.9 Write 88.2 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 71.6 45% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 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: 105 106 107 107 89 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 96.4 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 103 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 454GB free Firmware: MN6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 85 84 72 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 78.5 Write 84 Mixed 39.9 SusWrite 82.4 52% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 85%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 154GB free Firmware: JB0OA3T0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 79 80 79 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 86.3 Write 82.2 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 79 48% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.5% 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 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.4% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 8.4 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 92.3 43% 92.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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