Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 59%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	105% 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	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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 02:34
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel @ 2.30GHz 89 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	59% Above average	Memory 73.2 1-Core 56.5 2-Core 119 51% 82.9 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 492 43% 367 Pts	64-Core 943 58% 943 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7450 10,238 User benchmarks, average bench 2% XFX(1682 3200) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.6% Terrible	Lighting 2.13 Reflection 2.15 Parallax 1.97 2% 2.09 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 1.7 Splatting 1.65 1% 1.63 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.6% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
LSI MR9260-8i 2TB 2TB free Firmware: 2.13 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 283GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 1,435 Write 736 Mixed 1,068 238% 1,080 MB/s	4K Read 3.27 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 2.25 9% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 230%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI Kingston KP382H-HYC Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5273EB0-CK0 Kingston KP382H-HYC 32GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.5% Very good	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 28.5 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 8.1 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 94.2 42% 94.2 ns

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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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Typical P9X79 WS Builds (Compare 431 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 54%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	107x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 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	22x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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