Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 02:20
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 98.6 2-Core 220 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 667 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 830 51% 830 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.3% Above average	Lighting 63.7 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 62.5 52% 65.1 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 63 Splatting 55.1 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB-$79 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: M306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 232 183 228 208 224 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 498 Write 303 Mixed 212 SusWrite 217 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 30 118% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 187 179% 282 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 95%
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 140GB free Firmware: 0E13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 156 165 171 176 175 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 377 Write 187 Mixed 252 SusWrite 191 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 29.6 116% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 198 148% 192 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 96%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 381GB free Firmware: A750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 125 134 151 152 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 155 Write 144 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 142 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 103%
PNY USB 3.0 to SATA-¢ó 500GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 365GB free, PID 8001 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 103 105 105 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 103 Write 98.5 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 104 120% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 166%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1866 4x4GB 420 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 31.3 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

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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	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	362x
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	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
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	38x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	27x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $511

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16