Asus P9X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '19 at 07:35
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 125 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 743 78% 623 Pts	64-Core 957 59% 957 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2189 MHz, MLim: 2129 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 425.31 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 10.2 25% 10.2 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 493 Write 484 Mixed 317 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 51.4 181% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 181 174% 278 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 31GB free Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 90 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.1% Good	Read 262 Write 224 Mixed 225 SusWrite 90.9 45% 200 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 37.8 130% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 151 119% 165 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 294 295 294 294 262 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 481 Mixed 414 SusWrite 308 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 58 197% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 315 244% 335 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 364GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 122 119 121 124 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 192 Write 167 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 122 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0 2x8GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 71%

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

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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	650x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	229x

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 $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