Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.8% 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	14.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	16.4 GB free of 20 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 23:47
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 84.7 2-Core 169 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 655 59% 496 Pts	64-Core 1,298 80% 1,298 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 110 Parallax 110 86% 108 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 100 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8120G 120GB 7,130 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03090004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 49 49 47 49 48 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	14.9% Very poor	Read 105 Write 31.4 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 47.1 12% 54 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 8.5 4K Mixed 3.6 21% 6.63 MB/s	DQ Read 54.8 DQ Write 24.5 DQ Mixed 44.1 32% 41.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 87%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 116GB free Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 251 252 253 253 253 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	73.7% Very good	Read 243 Write 243 Mixed 234 SusWrite 252 55% 243 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 39.6 126% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 198 150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$26 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 557GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 148 148 148 148 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 140 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 148 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 109%
VendorCo ProductCode 32GB 3,948 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 23GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.1 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	5.26% Terrible	Read 20.4 Write 6.7 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 7.4 11% 9.68 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.26% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH 20GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 10.2 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 77%

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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 435 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	109x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	82x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $230Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $843

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $26	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