Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.3% 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	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '19 at 10:22
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

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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 i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 227 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 693 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2200 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 119 Parallax 111 91% 114 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 105 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 183 186 183 203 193 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.1% Good	Read 238 Write 102 Mixed 197 SusWrite 189 41% 181 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 27.2 100% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 187 140% 185 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 201GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 279 284 277 284 272 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 412 Mixed 385 SusWrite 293 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 47.5 173% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Intel 540s Series 480GB 4,519 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 376GB free Firmware: LSF042C SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 124 139 113 130 133 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.3% Above average	Read 243 Write 225 Mixed 216 SusWrite 142 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 27.8 92% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 178 135% 181 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$250 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 421 438 420 415 395 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 413 Mixed 415 SusWrite 415 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 58.1 179% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 363 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 754 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 37.5 119% 41.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 14.8 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 99%

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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	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 $46

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