Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	93.4% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	51.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	May 30 '23 at 21:20
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 174 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 469 50% 398 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Nvidia(10DE 097C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.16 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 15 Reflection 18.1 Parallax 18.9 12% 17.3 fps	MRender 21.5 Gravity 18.6 Splatting 15.3 15% 18.5 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 431GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 431 249 215 209 190 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 453 Mixed 377 SusWrite 287 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 42.1 137% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 255 207% 295 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 126%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 43GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 12124 Mixed 72.1 4,360% 6,098 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 101%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 44GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 95 97 98 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 65 Mixed 68.6 SusWrite 97.5 61% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 83%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 29 30 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 52.1 Write 25.2 Mixed 29.6 SusWrite 28.8 25% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.8 256% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 92%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 156 153 155 156 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 150 Write 138 Mixed 102 SusWrite 155 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 8x8GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 30.5 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 103%

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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	653x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	231x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	27x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16