Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131004
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '19 at 02:38
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 199 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 574 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 373F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2555 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 148 Parallax 128 115% 139 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 140 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDRE500GB 500GB 1,852 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6A SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 246 342 105 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 422 Write 420 Mixed 303 SusWrite 208 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 29.6 99% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 196 171% 252 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 103%
Patriot Blast 960GB 385 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 133GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 88 88 88 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 338 Write 157 Mixed 198 SusWrite 88.9 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 22 75% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 128 106% 154 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 108%
WD WD1501FASS-00U0B 1.5TB 1,224 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 251GB free Firmware: 1D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 87 88 87 89 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 138 Write 135 Mixed 92 SusWrite 87.6 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 82%
Hitachi HDN726060ALE614 6TB 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 87 86 86 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 200 Write 150 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 86.5 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 121%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 5TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 112 113 113 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 126 Write 114 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 113 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 100%
Generic Ultra HS-SD/MMC 64GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 15GB free, PID 4063 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 10 11 11 10 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	7.28% Terrible	Read 18.7 Write 3.8 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 10.1 12% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 54% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.28% Great: 17%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 234GB free, PID 0820 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 102 103 102 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 88.2 Write 89.8 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 102 111% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 34.2 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 99%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	106x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 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	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $39Bench 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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Total price: $782

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