Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 23:58
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 245 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 617 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.3% Average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 55.2 Parallax 44.3 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 62.3 49% 59.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2884 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 579 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 55 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 53 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12542745378	104% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 406 Mixed 417 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 43.1 161% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 94.5 102% 173 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 507GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 178 170 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6116 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15801 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2027 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 269 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5846 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	56.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 94.5 Mixed 109 77% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.32 93% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 404GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187908376 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2314 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49423336 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6277 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 505151518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55514 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 12884901918 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 79005923412802 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29988867396 (F2) Unknown 100 253 430848870285	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 171 Mixed 157 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 11,344 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 13.1 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 63%

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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	651x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	230x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16