Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.8% 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	44.6% 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140826
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 28 '21 at 03:25
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (99^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 180 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 700 64% 536 Pts	64-Core 1357 84% 1357 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.8% 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: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 108 Parallax 100 84% 104 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 97.5 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% 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: 43 45 46 44 46 45 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.6% Average	Read 272 Write 45.4 Mixed 84 SusWrite 44.9 24% 111 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 31.2 83% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 37.7 DQ Mixed 54 50% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 87%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 39GB free Firmware: 00RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 349 359 353 332 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 362 Write 441 Mixed 248 SusWrite 314 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 28.8 98% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 176 166% 261 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 565GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 148 149 150 148 147 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 152 Write 144 Mixed 111 SusWrite 148 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: 3E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 102 103 103 102 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 80.8 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 101 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.6% 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 (94^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 54.3 MC Write 45.8 MC Mixed 45.5 139% 48.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 10.6 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 121%

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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 $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