Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.2% 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	63.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '22 at 20:42
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 95.3 2-Core 176 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 457 48% 383 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86CA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 522.25 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 98.9 Parallax 95.1 80% 97.4 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 93 Splatting 80 78% 97.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 170 156 148 132 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 314 Write 264 Mixed 256 SusWrite 149 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 29.8 103% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 193 152% 209 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 84%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 265GB free Firmware: 6L7QCXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 838 626 628 633 637 637 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,612 Write 1,444 Mixed 867 SusWrite 666 256% 1,147 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 43.8 145% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 542 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 477 343% 447 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 259%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 69.4 Write 87.1 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 79.7 53% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 233GB free Firmware: 3.AAB SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 95 97 97 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 54.7 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 96 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 54%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 931GB free Firmware: SD35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 112 111 118 111 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 26 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 114 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C11D3/4GX KHX2133C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX 16GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 30.4 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.6 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 112%

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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%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16