Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 14 '19 at 10:11
Run Duration	333 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2670-$53 4,803 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 82.9 2-Core 162 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 611 56% 467 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 147 Parallax 140 102% 138 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 186 139 197 172 196 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 370 Write 255 Mixed 256 SusWrite 185 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 27.1 93% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 135 131% 208 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 91%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 14GB free Firmware: 400i Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 394 Write 272 Mixed 282 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 28.5 98% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 263 201% 273 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 95%
ST5000AS0011-1L5178 5TB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 1GB free Firmware: CC44 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 13.5 Write 103 Mixed 31.3 11% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 11.2 4K Mixed 1.1 8% 4.33 MB/s	DQ Read 1.7 DQ Write 6.9 DQ Mixed 3.1 3% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 17%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1GB free Firmware: SC43 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 16.2 Write 53.5 Mixed 32.5 26% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 83% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 100%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 24GB free Firmware: SC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 79 77 77 79 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 71.7 Write 70.7 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 77.9 52% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 100%
Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB 3,084 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 22GB free Firmware: CV14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 82 81 90 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 84.3 Write 75.5 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 83.7 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 106%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 1,144 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 6GB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 41 38 39 43 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 50.8 Write 31.3 Mixed 78 SusWrite 41.8 69% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.5 200% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 72%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 883 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 7GB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 22.3 Write 143 Mixed 83.5 126% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.7 194% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 73%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 1,841 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 17GB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 47 48 49 48 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 160 Write 147 Mixed 150 SusWrite 49.3 166% 127 MB/s	4K Read 8.8 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 7.8 560% 8.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 1,144 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 15GB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 48 49 49 52 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 95.2 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 50.6 105% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 208% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 72%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 558 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 43GB free, PID 2322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 50 50 53 53 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 31.5 Write 88.7 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 51.6 93% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.4 191% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 58%
ST8000VN 0022-2EL112 8TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 3GB free, PID 9561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 128 Write 133 Mixed 110 158% 124 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 146% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 88%
ST3000DM 001-9YN166 3TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3GB free, PID 9561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 46 45 37 33 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 49.5 Write 32.3 Mixed 40 SusWrite 41.7 54% 40.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 49% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF 4x8GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 29.9 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 84%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	106x
Core i7-4930KIntel $88Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	81x
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	24x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $45Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16