Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	57.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '23 at 19:07
Run Duration	319 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 1,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 79.2 2-Core 155 67% 109 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 828 75% 632 Pts	64-Core 1,172 72% 1,172 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 195 Parallax 206 143% 192 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 188 Splatting 131 123% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 66 61 55 57 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 430 Write 342 Mixed 112 SusWrite 75.9 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 20 80% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 105 120% 204 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 82%
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 80GB free Firmware: S8FM06.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 175 193 195 195 196 MB/s Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.1% Average	Read 240 Write 196 Mixed 161 SusWrite 185 44% 195 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 16.9 68% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 62.6 71% 119 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 84%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$190 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 268GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 825 363 160 219 161 233 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 1,346 Write 1,463 Mixed 1,032 SusWrite 327 233% 1,042 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 43.2 151% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 494 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 321 289% 436 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 282%
Apple Wings RAID0 512GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 346GB free Firmware: 170904M SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 308 372 378 378 378 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.8% Excellent	Read 378 Write 361 Mixed 360 SusWrite 344 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 29.9 105% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 295 234% 325 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 108%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$145 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 484GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 255 161 135 133 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 444 Write 433 Mixed 394 SusWrite 213 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 33.6 114% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 128%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 56GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 232 238 227 227 180 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.2% Above average	Read 239 Write 220 Mixed 200 SusWrite 223 50% 220 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 24.6 80% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 187 145% 198 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 108%
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 56GB free Firmware: SAFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 235 109 186 6.1 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	49.5% Average	Read 241 Write 226 Mixed 218 SusWrite 135 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 22.5 72% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 147 125% 183 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 471GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 175 191 191 192 194 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 133 Write 114 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 182 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 265 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 202GB free, PID ab21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 72 72 71 72 73 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 66 Write 51.2 Mixed 48 SusWrite 71.3 80% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 8x4GB 392 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	MC Read 56.3 MC Write 48.9 MC Mixed 48.4 146% 51.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	361x
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 $80Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16