Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.5% 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	42.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '17 at 07:30
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 210 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 608 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 0418) 3GB CLim: 1045 MHz, MLim: 1435 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.5% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 30 Parallax 56.9 37% 44 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 43.9 Splatting 37 30% 36.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 406GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	73.6% Very good	Read 271 Write 216 Mixed 221 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 38.7 134% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 105 98% 153 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 134%
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 194 Write 122 Mixed 101 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 5.54 76% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 32.2 53% 104 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 67%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1A01 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 181 Mixed 162 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 3.09 4K Mixed 0.44 149% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 403GB free Firmware: CC25 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 107 Mixed 109 77% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 F3-12800CL10-8GBX CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 F3-12800CL10-8GBX 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 29.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 81.7% 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%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	231x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
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	38x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	27x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16