Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.9% 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	51.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '21 at 01:59
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 82.7 2-Core 165 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 657 57% 488 Pts	64-Core 1,195 74% 1,195 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.3% 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 (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 105 Parallax 105 83% 104 fps	MRender 89.7 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 93.7 76% 92.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8120G 120GB 7,130 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 18 24 26 22 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 383 Write 281 Mixed 293 SusWrite 22.8 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 29.6 95% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 107 85% 117 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 87%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 487GB free Firmware: 00RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 348 356 350 354 352 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 341 Write 376 Mixed 228 SusWrite 354 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 31.5 92% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 118 130% 223 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 176 177 176 175 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 159 Mixed 110 SusWrite 175 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: 3E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 103 101 103 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 97.7 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 102 66% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.5% 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 (86^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 36.1 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.1% 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 $90Bench 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 $55Bench 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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Total price: $782

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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