Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.4% 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	78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '19 at 11:41
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	MNG-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 84.5 2-Core 184 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 531 52% 428 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 99.1 Parallax 74.6 81% 90.9 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 96.9 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 221 198 194 183 183 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 455 Write 313 Mixed 274 SusWrite 212 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 28.3 104% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 239 206% 306 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 42GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 113 107 111 113 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 102 Write 75 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 111 58% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 144GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 140 141 142 141 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 94.5 Write 90.8 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 140 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 651GB free Firmware: DC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 196 195 196 197 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 183 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 196 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5403-159.A01LF 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.2% Above average	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 11.3 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 76%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

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 $182	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) $30	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