Asus P9X79 DELUXE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120524
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '22 at 01:31
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 92 2-Core 186 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 479 50% 402 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 (SLI Disabled) 5,438 User benchmarks, average bench 40% EVGA(3842 2690) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 28% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 58 32 37 38 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 15.5 Write 40.5 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 39.7 23% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 61% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 88%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 160GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 94 99 97 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 93 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 97.9 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 70%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 908GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 126 127 127 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 139 Write 114 Mixed 85 SusWrite 127 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905458-032.A00LF 4x8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 30.6 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 13 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 84%

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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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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 DELUXE - $500

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	253x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	162x
Core i7-3960XIntel $265Bench 78%, 2,165 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	31x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	19x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
DDR3 1600G DDR3 1600G Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 12GBAdataBench 52%, 28 samples	11x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,060

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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