Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.6% 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	64.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130418
Uptime	28.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '23 at 03:00
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 184 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 516 55% 440 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Nvidia(10DE 086A) 1.5GB CLim: 772 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 24.7 Reflection 45 Parallax 29.3 20% 33 fps	MRender 40.8 Gravity 21.4 Splatting 28.5 24% 30.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$79 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 206 202 204 200 204 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 405 Write 248 Mixed 294 SusWrite 206 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 22.6 76% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 183 164% 249 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 91%
Crucial M500 240GB-$79 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 110GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 233 234 240 240 240 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.8% Above average	Read 230 Write 225 Mixed 222 SusWrite 236 52% 228 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 34.1 4K Mixed 21.7 72% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 149 126% 183 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 91%
CT2000BX500SSD1 2TB 12,882 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1TB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 232 219 44 39 37 MB/s Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.4% Above average	Read 248 Write 224 Mixed 230 SusWrite 134 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 21.7 92% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 40 66% 127 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 99%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 225GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 5,562 Mixed 56.4 2,010% 2,809 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% Great: 53%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 412GB free Firmware: SC12 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 9,021 Mixed 89 3,259% 4,555 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0 4x8GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 29.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 9.8 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 103%

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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	234x

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 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x

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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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