Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	184% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5120 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	9.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '23 at 14:14
Run Duration	324 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^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-$100 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 87.7 2-Core 174 66% 114 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 498 49% 402 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4090-$1,650 25,956 User benchmarks, average bench 370% MSI(1462 5103) CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 528.02 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	184% Outstanding	Lighting 249 Reflection 240 Parallax 162 203% 217 fps	MRender 227 Gravity 508 Splatting 94.2 210% 276 fps
Poor: 303% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 407%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7KM960HAHP-00005 960GB 288 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: GXM1103Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 102 99 117 113 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 429 Write 370 Mixed 265 SusWrite 107 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 28.5 106% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 290 218% 293 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 125%
Samsung MZ7KM1T9 2TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 104Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 109 117 114 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 420 Write 305 Mixed 359 SusWrite 108 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 26.1 95% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 285 214% 287 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 90%
Samsung MZ7KM1T9HMJP-00005 2TB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 448GB free Firmware: GXM5104Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 15 16 17 17 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 125%
Samsung MZ7KM1T9 2TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 798GB free Firmware: 104Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 111 121 110 124 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 288 Write 420 Mixed 250 SusWrite 109 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 25.4 94% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 288 216% 288 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 90%
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 84GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 91 102 116 115 111 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.7% Above average	Read 247 Write 227 Mixed 219 SusWrite 106 45% 200 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 34.9 4K Mixed 25.9 93% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 194 146% 194 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 131%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 2.8 4.7 2.9 2.8 3.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 190 Write 106 Mixed 97.5 SusWrite 4.5 74% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 322GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 91 100 91 100 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 60.9 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 91.7 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B1G73BH0-CK0 8x8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 33.2 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 12.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 96%

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

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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	658x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	365x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	87x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	40x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	28x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $658

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369