Asus P9X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '22 at 07:15
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 80 2-Core 151 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 427 44% 355 Pts	64-Core 461 29% 461 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (143 fps cap detected)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 143 Parallax 143 116% 143 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 143 Splatting 119 106% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,158 Write 3,904 Mixed 3,806 883% 3,956 MB/s	4K Read 239 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 130 596% 165 MB/s	DQ Read 692 DQ Write 448 DQ Mixed 508 396% 549 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 18GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 50 50 49 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 124 Write 48.1 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 49.4 52% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 80%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 1,841 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 31GB free, PID ab38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 72 66 65 68 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 29.9 Write 63.4 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 69.2 79% 53.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.5 176% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 75%
WD My Passport 083A 1TB 1,797 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 10GB free, PID 083a SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 77 78 78 77 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 73.2 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 77.5 87% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 45%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 5TB 179 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 19GB free, PID ab38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 0 3.2 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 51.5 Write 89 Mixed 20 SusWrite 14.6 58% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 0.5 257% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 72%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 265 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 22GB free, PID ab21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 63 63 62 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 49.8 Write 32.5 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 62.1 61% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 44%
SAMSUNG HD753LJ 750GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 9GB free, PID b159 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 31 32 32 32 31 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 29.4 Write 31.4 Mixed 27.4 SusWrite 31.4 41% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 90% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 28.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 11.2 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 76%

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

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	654x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	232x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	85x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
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	39x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	28x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16