Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.8% 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	55.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 23:57
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (98^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 84.4 2-Core 170 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 677 60% 507 Pts	64-Core 1,273 79% 1,273 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77% 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 (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.8% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 97.6 Parallax 94.2 82% 97.5 fps	MRender 88.6 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 92.3 75% 91.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8120G 120GB 7,130 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 116 35 21 41 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 466 Write 307 Mixed 215 SusWrite 71.9 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 36.2 79% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 115 93% 130 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 87%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 217GB free Firmware: 00RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 368 376 372 367 365 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 450 Mixed 312 SusWrite 383 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 44 146% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 257 219% 322 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 919GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 174 175 176 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 166 Mixed 108 SusWrite 176 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 254% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: 3E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 103 102 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 94.2 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 102 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.4% 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 @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 56.3 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 47.1 140% 49.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9.9 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 121%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

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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 $54Bench 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 $273	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 $45	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