Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.1% 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	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '21 at 03:05
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 as expected (47^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 83.6 2-Core 165 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 564 50% 424 Pts	64-Core 1,087 67% 1,087 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.5% 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: 466.11 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 103 Parallax 93.8 82% 98.9 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 90.7 74% 90.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8120G 120GB 7,130 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 48 43 44 45 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 414 Write 326 Mixed 295 SusWrite 71.2 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 34.2 114% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 116 93% 131 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 87%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 579GB free Firmware: 00RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 376 380 376 374 374 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 434 Mixed 307 SusWrite 386 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 40.8 140% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 259 220% 323 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 174 176 177 174 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 156 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 175 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: 3E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 103 103 104 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 98.9 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 103 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 47.7 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 40.7 124% 43.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 9.6 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 121%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	106x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 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	20x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16