Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '19 at 17:31
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 97 1-Core 100 2-Core 200 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 627 57% 478 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon 550 8,236 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 0513) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.9 Reflection 31 Parallax 21.9 15% 23.6 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 16 Splatting 33.8 22% 26.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 184GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1477 407 403 402 403 403 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,331 Write 2,099 Mixed 1,445 SusWrite 582 360% 1,614 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 73.4 240% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 720 DQ Write 500 DQ Mixed 664 481% 628 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 455 461 464 460 455 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 451 Mixed 361 SusWrite 459 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 56.1 181% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 618GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 124 125 125 124 124 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 114 Write 115 Mixed 104 SusWrite 124 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 85%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$39 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 122 122 122 122 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 119 Write 106 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 121 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 83%
PEAK III Flash Drive 4GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 0163 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 3 3.6 3.7 3.6 2.6 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.36% Terrible	Read 16.7 Write 2.5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 3.2 7% 6.65 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.36% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 6x4GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 6 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 35.6 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 50.3 79% 50.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 108%

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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 53%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	108x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	82x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $175Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	9x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $782

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16