Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.3% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '19 at 22:28
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 80 1-Core 79.3 2-Core 165 63% 108 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 399 42% 338 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2061) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 107 Parallax 102 89% 106 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 77.2 80% 101 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 274 130 130 99 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 436 Write 373 Mixed 336 SusWrite 185 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 39 126% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 134%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 1,144 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 111 112 118 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	46% Average	Read 56.7 Write 69.8 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 113 106% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.5 165% 2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CK0 M378B5273CH0-CK0 M378B5273DH0-CH9 Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.8% Above average	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 22 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 64%

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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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Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

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 $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 $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