Asus P9X79 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	69.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	39.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus P9X79 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111222
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '23 at 16:58
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 90.5 2-Core 173 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 523 50% 414 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.1% Good	Lighting 92.7 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 77.1 76% 82.6 fps	MRender 61.8 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 67.2 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 136 155 68 0.1 73 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.4% Below average	Read 128 Write 207 Mixed 148 SusWrite 107 34% 148 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 23.9 67% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 58.7 DQ Mixed 119 94% 135 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 111%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 7GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 84 95 92 59 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 155 Write 115 Mixed 123 SusWrite 86.2 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 21.3 4K Mixed 16.4 58% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 53.3 DQ Mixed 99.8 73% 97.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 61%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 62GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 151 206 178 107 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 441 Write 393 Mixed 296 SusWrite 184 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 22.2 4K Mixed 10.3 59% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 50.2 DQ Mixed 69.6 71% 122 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 117%
WDC WD60EZAZ-00SF3B0 6TB 3,395 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 164 176 179 89 179 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 180 Write 170 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 160 34% 149 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 1.1 21% 6.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1.3 DQ Write 14.2 DQ Mixed 0.6 3% 5.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 39%
Marvell Raid VD 1 1.5TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 17GB free Firmware: MV.R SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 73 75 36 69 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.5% Average	Read 82.5 Write 78.4 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 65.2 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 122%
Marvell Raid VD 0 1.5TB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 269GB free Firmware: MV.R SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 74 80 83 41 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 95 Write 85.4 Mixed 64 SusWrite 72.9 59% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 131%
WDC WD40EZRZ-00G 4TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 27 27 17 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 55 Write 25.7 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 24.8 40% 33 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1 65% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 166 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 34.5 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 11.8 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 134%

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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	254x
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 $94Bench 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 $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 $177	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