Asus P9X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130222
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 17 '20 at 17:53
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 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 below expectations (16^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 156 66% 110 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 432 42% 347 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.5% Below average	Lighting 38.9 Reflection 27 Parallax 53.4 32% 39.8 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 46 Splatting 37.9 31% 37.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 50 58 65 69 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 78.7 Write 75.5 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 60.8 48% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 54%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 451GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 96 102 102 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 14 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 101 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0 4x8GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 28 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 11.2 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical P9X79 Builds (Compare 1,710 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	654x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	231x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
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	39x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	27x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16