Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.8% 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	137% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 22 '22 at 18:45
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 182 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 558 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% MSI(1462 C979) CLim: 2182 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.8% Very good	Lighting 109 Reflection 85.4 Parallax 95.3 89% 96.5 fps	MRender 58.3 Gravity 77.8 Splatting 69.9 57% 68.7 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 726 728 748 727 751 753 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 962 Write 835 Mixed 325 SusWrite 739 160% 715 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 36.7 120% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 373 DQ Mixed 256 219% 319 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 541%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 71GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 142 138 144 142 143 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.3% Below average	Read 212 Write 166 Mixed 176 SusWrite 142 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 9.2 31% 9.5 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 167 126% 170 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 924GB free Firmware: CC99 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 133 129 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 126 Write 127 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 132 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1600C9D3/4GX Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 19 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 58%

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	230x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	38x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	27x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

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