Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '22 at 19:59
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 1,619 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 190 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 681 61% 518 Pts	64-Core 1,101 68% 1,101 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Lighting 18.8 Reflection 18.9 Parallax 19.3 15% 19 fps	MRender 16.2 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 17.6 15% 17.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 377 376 383 379 374 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 368 Mixed 280 SusWrite 377 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 35.4 129% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 314 240% 324 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 104%
ACASIS 240GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 223GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 39 0 33 60 60 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 322 Write 268 Mixed 276 SusWrite 46.6 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 21.8 84% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 85.1 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 99.7 78% 105 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 58%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 246GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 96 98 96 97 97 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 86.5 Write 88.9 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 95.6 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 69%
WD WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB 2,082 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 85 Write 83.4 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 85.8 58% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 54%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 547GB free Firmware: 77.04D77 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 83 82 83 82 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 82.7 Write 83.8 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 82.1 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 57%
Samsung HM321HI 320GB-$40 12,451 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 195GB free Firmware: 2AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 77 76 77 78 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 70.4 Write 44 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 75.4 44% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 74% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 50%
Mass Storage Device 500GB 5,742 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 148GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 27 27 26 26 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 31.1 Write 25.5 Mixed 21.4 SusWrite 26.4 35% 26.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 8x4GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 31.2 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 113%

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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	658x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	365x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	87x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 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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Total price: $658

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369