Asus P9X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	62.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (77%). 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 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '19 at 13:42
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	77%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 418 52% 398 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB-$106 3,124 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 168 174 178 173 178 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.1% Good	Read 224 Write 186 Mixed 190 SusWrite 174 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 31.2 110% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 127 112% 167 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 88%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 36GB free Firmware: R013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 235 126 52 65 94 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	27.7% Poor	Read 256 Write 236 Mixed 230 SusWrite 117 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 10 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 92%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 52GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 29.7 Mixed 27 SusWrite 29.4 21% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.6 162% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5584-018.A00LF 99U5584-018.A00LF 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.6% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 14.8 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 11.8 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 81%

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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	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	362x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	231x

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 $74Bench 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: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16