Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.6% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '17 at 13:22
Run Duration	85 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 84.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 733 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 888 55% 888 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8504) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1577 MHz, MLim: 1962 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 65.5 66% 75.5 fps	MRender 90.2 Gravity 83 Splatting 74.9 67% 82.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10631153 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 123720827936971 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 208 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 175 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 38 77311901723 (C2) HDA temperature 27 38 77311901723 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10631153 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10631153 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10631153 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1549 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1239 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1239 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1134	84.6% Excellent	Read 519 Write 260 Mixed 289 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 24.9 130% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 86.4 100% 173 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 30.8 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 84%

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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%

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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	650x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	229x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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