Asus P9X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.54% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive70.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardAsus P9X79  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20130418
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 15 '21 at 19:01
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
75.8% Very good
Memory 87.7
1-Core 100
2-Core 199
74% 129 Pts
4-Core 346
8-Core 500
53% 422 Pts
64-Core 500
31% 500 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640
Asus(1043 83F3) 2GB
Ram: 2GB, Driver: 340.52
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
6.54% Terrible
Lighting 7.9
Reflection 8.1
Parallax 9.1
6% 8.37 fps
MRender 8.1
Gravity 8
Splatting 8.5
7% 8.2 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 6.54%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 8B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 219 223 234 238 231 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
70.5% Very good
Read 390
Write 48.7
Mixed 162
SusWrite 227
46% 207 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 53.5
4K Mixed 22.4
93% 33.2 MB/s
DQ Read 369
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 55.5
104% 212 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 102%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
50.3% Above average
MC Read 19.2
MC Write 17.3
MC Mixed 16.2
50% 17.6 GB/s
SC Read 14.4
SC Write 14.4
SC Mixed 11.4
38% 13.4 GB/s
Latency 69.8
57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 50.3%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 Builds (Compare 1,698 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $512
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