Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 73.6%, 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	89.7% 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, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '22 at 13:12
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 74.7 2-Core 149 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 579 52% 439 Pts	64-Core 960 59% 960 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.6% 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: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Lighting 18.8 Reflection 18.9 Parallax 19.2 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% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 373 378 376 385 379 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 422 Write 376 Mixed 276 SusWrite 377 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 32.2 114% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 314 239% 324 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 104%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 246GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 95 97 98 97 97 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 87.6 Write 94.4 Mixed 62.8 SusWrite 95.9 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 69%
WD WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB 2,082 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 995GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 87 87 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 79.6 Write 85.8 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 85.8 57% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 54%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 539GB free Firmware: 77.04D77 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 82 82 82 83 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 81.1 Write 72 Mixed 61.1 SusWrite 82 55% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 57%
Samsung HM321HI 320GB-$40 12,451 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 194GB free Firmware: 2AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 76 78 77 78 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 71.2 Write 42.2 Mixed 46.1 SusWrite 75.5 43% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 50%

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 @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 46.9 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 41 121% 42.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 10 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	655x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	233x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 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 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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