Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 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 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '21 at 03:29
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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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 Xeon E5-2697 v2 1,265 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 86.3 2-Core 175 66% 114 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 590 54% 453 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 105 Parallax 107 84% 105 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 97 Splatting 94.6 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: R112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 115 113 120 120 117 MB/s Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58% Above average	Read 222 Write 121 Mixed 163 SusWrite 117 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 31.3 112% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 136 110% 155 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 81%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 116GB free Firmware: 00RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 221 221 225 228 227 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.5% Good	Read 218 Write 219 Mixed 185 SusWrite 225 48% 212 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 31.3 122% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 159 131% 187 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 557GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 147 148 148 150 149 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 132 Write 135 Mixed 108 SusWrite 148 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 211% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH 24GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.8% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 10.1 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 81.2 49% 81.2 ns

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical P9X79 WS Builds (Compare 425 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 54%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	106x
Core i7-4930KIntel $93Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	81x
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	24x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
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 i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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