Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 WS (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '18 at 17:48
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 211 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 563 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 119 Parallax 102 97% 113 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 106 Splatting 102 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 60 58 51 55 53 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.2% Average	Read 215 Write 91.5 Mixed 93 SusWrite 57.7 25% 114 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 15.3 75% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 73.7 DQ Mixed 49 75% 149 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 89%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 913GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 173 173 173 175 175 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 358 Write 169 Mixed 224 SusWrite 170 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 34.7 112% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 162 124% 171 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 129 131 129 129 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 130 Write 108 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 128 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 96%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 61 58 56 58 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 127 Write 63.5 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 58.2 52% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 99%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: SC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 125 125 125 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 114 Write 118 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 126 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 100%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 69 70 71 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	42% Average	Read 75.7 Write 68.8 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 70.2 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 8x4GB 392 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 36.1 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 13 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 128%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	106x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	81x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	9x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $782

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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