Asus P9X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive40.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus P9X79  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131224
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 21 '21 at 20:53
Run Duration199 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU 17%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
73.9% Very good
Memory 86.6
1-Core 88.3
2-Core 184
70% 120 Pts
4-Core 331
8-Core 482
51% 407 Pts
64-Core 490
30% 490 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
60% Good
Lighting 74.8
Reflection 77.4
Parallax 72
61% 74.7 fps
MRender 67.8
Gravity 74.4
Splatting 70.8
58% 71 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 60%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB
772GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UH4504RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 101 42 79 191 206 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
40.6% Average
Read 391
Write 305
Mixed 262
SusWrite 130
61% 272 MB/s
4K Read 15.7
4K Write 18.2
4K Mixed 8.4
44% 14.1 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 64.4
DQ Mixed 32.2
39% 70.7 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 40.6%
Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79
171GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 91 89 84 89 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
40.1% Average
Read 56.3
Write 55.1
Mixed 60.6
SusWrite 83.3
47% 63.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 40.1%
Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
555GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 137 184 194 186 194 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
88.2% Excellent
Read 137
Write 135
Mixed 67.2
SusWrite 171
93% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 88.2%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 35.2
MC Mixed 31.5
93% 32.5 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 12.7
SC Mixed 12.4
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 70.8
56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 96%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 Builds (Compare 1,698 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $512
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