Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.8% 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	173% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	58.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180507
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '23 at 00:40
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 1,265 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 76.6 1-Core 80.6 2-Core 161 62% 106 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 617 55% 466 Pts	64-Core 1,196 74% 1,196 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-2048SP 38,816 User benchmarks, average bench 41% AMD(1002 0B31) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1284 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.8% Below average	Lighting 33.5 Reflection 55.6 Parallax 59.8 27% 49.6 fps	MRender 56.6 Gravity 43.3 Splatting 40.9 38% 46.9 fps
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sm951 NVMe SAMSUNG 512GB 427 User benchmarks, average bench 206% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW75D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1033 980 998 1010 1025 1040 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,380 Write 1,154 Mixed 772 SusWrite 1,014 242% 1,080 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 40.6 133% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 329 241% 318 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 260%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 101 102 101 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 108 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 102 68% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 61%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 101 101 102 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 86.4 Write 88.1 Mixed 52 SusWrite 102 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 61%
Marvell Raid VD 0 4TB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: MV.R SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 82 80 83 84 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 154 Write 38.6 Mixed 60 SusWrite 81.8 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 143%
Seagate ST6000NM0024-1HT17Z 6TB 821 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 5.5TB free Firmware: SN05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 203 204 202 203 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 210 Mixed 101 SusWrite 203 133% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.2 272% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 119%
Seagate ST6000NM0024-1HT17Z 6TB 821 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 5.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 206 207 204 207 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 206 Mixed 99.2 SusWrite 206 133% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.2 255% 2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 8x8GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 35.8 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 98%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	108x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	82x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $175Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	9x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $782

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	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 i5-13600K $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