Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '20 at 00:00
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$100 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 176 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 442 48% 380 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 139 Parallax 134 107% 134 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 142 Splatting 120 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 397 403 403 386 410 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 318 Write 333 Mixed 182 SusWrite 402 70% 309 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 49.9 156% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 238 212% 320 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 757GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 235 233 233 231 231 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	78.1% Very good	Read 253 Write 245 Mixed 249 SusWrite 232 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 44.5 143% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 198 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 133%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 891GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 236 234 234 232 231 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.9% Good	Read 232 Write 241 Mixed 233 SusWrite 233 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 29.4 112% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 198 150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 169 168 168 169 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 136 Mixed 70 SusWrite 168 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 2x8GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	44.9% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 15.3 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 9.7 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 67%

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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%

Battleship

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 $76Bench 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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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $508

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