Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.2% 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	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '20 at 13:37
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 95.3 2-Core 186 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 541 55% 446 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85D4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32.2% Below average	Lighting 40.2 Reflection 31 Parallax 41.4 33% 37.5 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 36.5 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05A SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 97 87 106 87 91 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.9% Above average	Read 175 Write 209 Mixed 245 SusWrite 99.5 41% 182 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 27.8 85% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 190 157% 228 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 93%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 115GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 103 Write 96 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 63.4 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 17GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 69 68 70 69 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 67.7 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 68.5 46% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.1 181% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 70%
Seagate BUP Portable 4TB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 3.5TB free, PID ac25 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 125 121 120 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 119 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 122 142% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.7 210% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 57%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 669 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 159GB free, PID 2321 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 67 65 66 66 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Read 60.3 Write 44.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 66.2 70% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 30.7 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 11.2 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 76%

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

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	653x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	231x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	27x

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Total price: $511

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16