Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91% 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	64.2% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '21 at 05:56
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 95.3 2-Core 182 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 690 62% 520 Pts	64-Core 1,303 81% 1,303 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.9% 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: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 120 Parallax 110 92% 114 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 112 Splatting 108 89% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8120G 120GB 7,130 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 42 46 47 46 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 397 Write 342 Mixed 283 SusWrite 72.1 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 36.6 121% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 117 94% 132 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 87%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 267GB free Firmware: 00RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 378 382 383 377 380 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 429 Write 410 Mixed 305 SusWrite 383 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 42 146% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 256 218% 321 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 919GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 175 174 175 177 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 174 Mixed 109 SusWrite 175 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: 3E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 102 103 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 95.1 Mixed 60.9 SusWrite 102 66% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 188% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.9% 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)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 46.2 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 38.5 120% 41.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 10.4 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 121%

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Typical P9X79 WS Builds (Compare 426 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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