Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	94.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	17.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '18 at 09:27
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th 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-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 167 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 557 55% 452 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 150 Parallax 141 114% 144 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 164 144 149 135 133 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 214 Mixed 309 SusWrite 151 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 46.7 165% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 175 176% 286 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 888GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 103 103 103 103 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 72.5 Write 71.8 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 103 58% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 67%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 85 84 86 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 70.8 Write 74.5 Mixed 60 SusWrite 84.8 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 100%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 118 120 120 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 152 Write 137 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 119 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 96%
Seagate M3 Portable 4TB 578 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 135GB free, PID 61b7 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 28 29 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 26.3 Write 27.5 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 27.8 37% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 38.1 114% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 14.1 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 85%

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

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Typical P9X79 Builds (Compare 1,701 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	230x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	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