Asus P9X79-E WS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics9.01% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus P9X79-E WS  (all builds)
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140115
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateSep 06 '17 at 23:23
Run Duration320 Seconds
Run User ITA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Memory 88.4
1-Core 122
2-Core 240
84% 150 Pts
4-Core 431
8-Core 618
66% 525 Pts
64-Core 618
38% 618 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112
Asus(1043 843E) 2GB
CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.53
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
9.01% Terrible
Lighting 10
Reflection 9.5
Parallax 11.8
8% 10.4 fps
MRender 13.6
Gravity 12.3
Splatting 13.2
11% 13 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 9.01%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
345GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113
389GB free
Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
44.1% Average
Read 76.9
Write 76.6
Mixed 89.8
62% 81.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.25
4K Write 2.06
4K Mixed 0.22
73% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 44.1%
Great: 60%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136
385GB free
Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
45.4% Average
Read 85.5
Write 73
Mixed 66.1
56% 74.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.12
4K Write 0.64
4K Mixed 0.21
40% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 45.4%
Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63
194GB free
Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
74.9% Very good
Read 127
Write 135
Mixed 128
98% 130 MB/s
4K Read 0.45
4K Write 0.95
4K Mixed 0.21
59% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63
171GB free
Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Read 138
Write 142
Mixed 120
100% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.09
4K Mixed 0.2
63% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63
147GB free
Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
88.8% Excellent
Read 160
Write 150
Mixed 89.1
98% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.41
4K Write 1.01
4K Mixed 0.24
62% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 88.8%
Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113
101GB free
Firmware: 5G04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
34.1% Below average
Read 66.2
Write 52.7
Mixed 53.1
43% 57.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.98
4K Mixed 0.33
80% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 34.1%
Great: 60%
JMicron 1TB
797GB free, PID 1561
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
42.9% Average
Read 95.9
Write 103
Mixed 82.5
120% 93.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.54
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.22
81% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 42.9%
Great: 225%
WDC WD20 EADS-00S2B0 2TB
126GB free, PID 2773
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
34.8% Below average
Read 74.8
Write 78.5
Mixed 42.7
82% 65.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.33
4K Write 2.19
4K Mixed 0.21
83% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 34.8%
Great: 39%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
49% Average
MC Read 18.3
MC Write 16.7
MC Mixed 15.4
48% 16.8 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 17
SC Mixed 12.2
41% 14.2 GB/s
Latency 69.2
58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 49%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79-E WS Builds (Compare 147 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus P9X79-E WS - $499

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $1,209
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