Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.5% 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	64.6% 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.

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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '21 at 05:28
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 94.3 2-Core 188 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 733 66% 554 Pts	64-Core 1,403 87% 1,403 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81% 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: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 117 Parallax 109 84% 110 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 110 Splatting 105 87% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8120G 120GB 7,130 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 44 43 46 47 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 437 Write 347 Mixed 305 SusWrite 64.4 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 33.7 119% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 116 95% 134 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 87%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 67GB free Firmware: 00RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 379 379 375 382 383 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 450 Mixed 324 SusWrite 391 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 44.8 148% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 255 218% 322 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 565GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 149 149 149 149 148 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 146 Write 145 Mixed 92.7 SusWrite 148 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: 3E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 104 103 104 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 91 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 103 65% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 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 @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 54.9 MC Write 46.4 MC Mixed 46.2 140% 49.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 11 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 121%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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