Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	55.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '21 at 10:27
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$195 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 93 2-Core 177 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 551 56% 452 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 873A) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 472.39 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.4% Very good	Lighting 91.6 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 84.5 75% 88.8 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 80.7 Splatting 73.4 71% 89.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$68 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 275 304 340 326 324 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 468 Write 345 Mixed 325 SusWrite 314 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 30.6 110% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 265 213% 300 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 130%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 444GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 909 513 490 492 490 491 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 406GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 152 153 155 154 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 147 Write 144 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 153 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 113%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$40 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 627GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 159 143 162 162 163 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 156 Mixed 46 SusWrite 156 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 107%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 754GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 25 17 11 14 14 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2X8G64CB8HB5N-DG 8x8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 34 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 100%

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

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Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	656x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	40x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	28x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16