Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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	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	80.3% 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	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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	16.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	13.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '20 at 22:45
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 186 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 629 63% 511 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37B3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 166 Parallax 165 147% 170 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 153 Splatting 108 117% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_ Crucial_CT512M55 512GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 267 233 215 190 194 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 378 Write 397 Mixed 263 SusWrite 238 72% 319 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 32.6 113% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 226 205% 311 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 110%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 108 109 110 110 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 111 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 100%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 122 124 125 125 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 152 Write 131 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 123 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x8GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 31.2 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 56%

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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	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