Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.79% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '21 at 23:43
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 106 2-Core 201 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 627 62% 509 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 400 1,018 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 0893) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.79% Terrible	Lighting 2.2 Reflection 1.3 Parallax 0.7 2% 1.4 fps	MRender 2.8 Gravity 1.8 Splatting 2 2% 2.2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.79% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$50 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 292GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 294 381 409 401 415 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 418 Write 388 Mixed 337 SusWrite 376 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 31.6 106% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 243 197% 278 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 125%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 383GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 405 36 7.3 6.1 6.9 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 498 Write 405 Mixed 400 SusWrite 143 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 23.9 101% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 7.1 DQ Mixed 0.4 25% 66.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 159 152 159 152 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 195 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 155 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 143 138 143 141 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-074.A00LF 3x8GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 3 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.8% Good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 23.7 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 68%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	11	4	60	19"	1280 1024	ACR00F7 V193

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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	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
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	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $507

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16