Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	44.1 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '23 at 20:15
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$100 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 89.7 2-Core 179 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 622 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.68 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 150 Parallax 152 111% 147 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 140 Splatting 124 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 351 322 324 321 322 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 454 Mixed 340 SusWrite 347 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 45.6 150% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 347 265% 360 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL10-8GBX F3-14900CL10-8GBX 1866 CL10 Series F3-14900CL10-8GBX F3-14900CL10-8GBX 1866 CL10 Series 48GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	110% Outstanding	MC Read 44.9 MC Write 43.8 MC Mixed 42.1 125% 43.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 111%

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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%

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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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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