Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	103% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	59 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '21 at 17:17
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2-$635 10,921 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 94.8 2-Core 197 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 615 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 2384) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9135 Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Lighting 17.6 Reflection 23.6 Parallax 6.5 14% 15.9 fps	MRender 26.7 Gravity 18.8 Splatting 18.7 17% 21.4 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 382 379 262 205 186 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 456 Mixed 423 SusWrite 287 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 47.3 158% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 349 266% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 29GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 164 197 213 214 206 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.8% Above average	Read 249 Write 227 Mixed 225 SusWrite 194 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 22.3 81% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 52 74% 138 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 81%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 78GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 204 200 219 219 211 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	74% Very good	Read 238 Write 227 Mixed 222 SusWrite 204 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 40.4 138% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 192 147% 198 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 121%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3GB free Firmware: 000F Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 246 Write 208 Mixed 198 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 13.7 72% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 23 60% 126 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 74%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 43GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 194 191 206 207 199 MB/s Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.9% Above average	Read 249 Write 224 Mixed 178 SusWrite 193 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 13.8 77% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 80.5 85% 140 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 86%
Liteonit CMT-64L3M 64GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 48GB free Firmware: L2C6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 176 171 179 179 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 346 Write 179 Mixed 184 SusWrite 176 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 31.7 118% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 153 127% 184 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 71%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 200GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 70 70 70 69 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 79.5 Write 73.8 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 69.4 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 59%
Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 500GB-$40 5,497 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 171GB free Firmware: K2AOAD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 46 46 46 46 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 46.5 Write 46 Mixed 33 SusWrite 45.8 32% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 34%
Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 500GB-$40 5,497 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 47GB free Firmware: K2AOAD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 42 Write 44 Mixed 30 SusWrite 34.8 28% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 34%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 533GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 71 71 70 71 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 63.3 Write 70.5 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 70.7 90% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 74% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 48%
Crucial_ CT256MX100SSD1 256GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 5GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 32.7 Write 27.3 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 24.8 38% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 7.2 515% 7.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML32GX3M4A1600C1 CML32GX3M4A1600C1 CML32GX3M4A1600C1 CML32GX3M4A1600C1 CMP32GX3M4X1600C1 CMP32GX3M4X1600C1 CMP32GX3M4X1600C1 CMP32GX3M4X1600C1 64GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	82% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 30.4 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 97%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	108x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	82x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $175Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	9x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $782

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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