Asus P9X79-E WS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus P9X79-E WS (all builds)
Memory	59.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150508
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '21 at 23:38
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 681 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 828 51% 828 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.7% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 114 Parallax 102 78% 104 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 86.9 77% 94.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 922 514 516 515 515 514 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 279GB free Firmware: 4V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 120 120 120 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 72 SusWrite 119 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 199% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 69%
WD WD3000HLHX-01JJPV0 300GB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 258GB free Firmware: 5G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 136 136 137 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 132 Mixed 91.5 SusWrite 136 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.4 266% 2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 8x8GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 45.7 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 42.3 125% 43.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%

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

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Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 70%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus P9X79-E WS - $499

CPU
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	47x
Xeon E5-2697 v2IntelBench 69%, 1,265 samples	19x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	13x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	10x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	9x

SSD
850 Pro 1TBSamsung $210Bench 105%, 25,365 samples	8x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 2,895 samples	7x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 8x8GBKingstonBench 102%, 125 samples	7x
RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 8x4GBG.SKILLBench 111%, 392 samples	7x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $1,199

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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