Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	121% 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	91.8% 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	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.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '24 at 06:16
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2-$142 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 79.2 2-Core 157 62% 105 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 675 61% 511 Pts	64-Core 1,022 63% 1,022 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 546.29 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 268 Parallax 174 133% 202 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 164 Splatting 120 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 268 277 254 224 202 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 436 Mixed 366 SusWrite 277 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 40.9 132% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 240 209% 312 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 366GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 339 177 233 162 176 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22.7% Poor	Read 0.5 Write 190 Mixed 8 SusWrite 248 26% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 5.4 22% 11.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1.9 DQ Write 28.5 DQ Mixed 2.3 6% 10.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2666 C12 2x8GB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.3% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10.1 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	23	3	59	24"	1920 1017	BNQ7840 BenQ G2420HD

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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	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
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	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
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	38x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16