Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	133% 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	90.9% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '24 at 23:41
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 193 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 483 54% 422 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Gigabyte(1458 405B) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.44 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 178 Parallax 168 152% 178 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 142 Splatting 121 120% 151 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 719GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 449 377 297 137 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 429 Write 444 Mixed 375 SusWrite 305 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 38.1 125% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 256 221% 327 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 126%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 461GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 119 119 120 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 96 Write 82.4 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 120 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KF1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.7% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 19.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 84%

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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	69	57	60	7.2"	1280 720	GSM0001 LG TV

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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	657x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	364x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	87x

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	43x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	40x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	28x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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