Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.9% 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	65.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	12.8 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 20 '21 at 02:59
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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)	74.8% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 84.2 2-Core 170 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 658 59% 498 Pts	64-Core 1,255 78% 1,255 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.8% 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: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.6 87% 106 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 102 Splatting 99.2 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8120G 120GB 7,130 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 73 32 43 45 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 419 Write 347 Mixed 312 SusWrite 73.2 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 35.9 122% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 116 96% 136 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 87%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 268GB free Firmware: 00RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 371 378 370 368 368 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 409 Mixed 280 SusWrite 376 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 43.8 142% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 160 173% 290 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 821GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 167 168 169 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 167 Mixed 110 SusWrite 168 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 263% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.5% 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 (96^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 92.9 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 103 66% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.2% 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 (92^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 49.1 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 41.9 128% 44.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 9.7 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 110% 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%

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 $295	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 $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