Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	101% 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	75.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '18 at 17:36
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%

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PC Performing below expectations (20^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Memory 70.7 1-Core 87.2 2-Core 174 63% 111 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 530 51% 420 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 142 Parallax 131 106% 134 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 127 Splatting 106 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 238 232 232 235 230 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 426 Write 338 Mixed 229 SusWrite 237 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 27.7 102% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 129 141% 235 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 152 154 150 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 124 Write 124 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 151 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 114%
Seagate ST8000DM002-1YW112 8TB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 6TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 167 84 199 191 189 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0 4x8GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 29.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 11.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 99.8 40% 99.8 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 104%

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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 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 54%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	106x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	81x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $44Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	9x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $782

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16