Asus P9X79 LE

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	57.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 LE (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '18 at 13:34
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 90 2-Core 191 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 492 51% 410 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 1962) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 251 222 223 219 245 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 368 Write 315 Mixed 344 SusWrite 246 72% 318 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 18.6 4K Mixed 20 69% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 86.1 DQ Mixed 109 92% 137 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 65%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 71GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 69 69 69 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 74.6 Write 45.2 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 68.3 43% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 36GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 31 30 30 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 59.4 Write 23.1 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 29.8 28% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 123 136 137 129 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 77.8 Write 89.6 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 126 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 90%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 269GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 91 95 94 95 95 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 134 Write 122 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 92.4 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 84%
HGST HTS 545050A7E680 500GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 131GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 27 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 31.9 Write 27 Mixed 25.4 SusWrite 26.8 37% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.7% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 18.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 LE - $99

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	346x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	274x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	79x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	72x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	55x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	26x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	21x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $438

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