Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory64GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus P9X79 WS  (all builds)
Memory60.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150602
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 11 '22 at 21:08
Run Duration173 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3960X
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
73.4% Very good
Memory 81.2
1-Core 93.6
2-Core 188
70% 121 Pts
4-Core 354
8-Core 562
56% 458 Pts
64-Core 686
42% 686 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 73.4%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 147
Parallax 135
118% 142 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 146
Splatting 124
106% 130 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 111%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 480GB-$249
303GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 400i
SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 242 250 208 170 189 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
61.6% Good
Read 446
Write 253
Mixed 288
SusWrite 215
67% 301 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 17.8
4K Mixed 21.5
75% 21.5 MB/s
DQ Read 229
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 137
109% 156 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 61.6%
Great: 71%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB
414GB free
Firmware: 415020WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 387 375 373 372 372 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
100% Outstanding
Read 475
Write 457
Mixed 379
SusWrite 389
96% 425 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 70.1
4K Mixed 40.4
132% 46.4 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 259
221% 324 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 100%
Great: 117%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40
338GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 82 89 80 80 81 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
36.9% Below average
Read 50.3
Write 40.5
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 78.5
36% 48.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
26% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 36.9%
Great: 85%
WD Green 750GB (2009)-$60
698GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 84 85 84 85 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
52.5% Above average
Read 99
Write 89.6
Mixed 59.7
SusWrite 83.9
61% 83.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 52.5%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMT32GX3M4X1866C9 8x8GB
8 of 8 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
81.5% Excellent
MC Read 33
MC Write 32.4
MC Mixed 29.3
90% 31.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 13.4
SC Mixed 12.8
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 78.3
51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 75%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 WS Builds (Compare 431 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $782
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