Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	101% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	42.6 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '23 at 23:12
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 89.6 2-Core 179 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 644 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 140 Parallax 142 103% 136 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 135 Splatting 118 101% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$159 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 472 470 477 478 477 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 481 Mixed 420 SusWrite 472 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 42.3 140% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 194 151% 212 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 128%
Samsung SSD 750 EVO 500G 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 466GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 101 108 74 0 5 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 245 Write 217 Mixed 212 SusWrite 88 248% 191 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 27.8 2,339% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 54.2 DQ Mixed 35.9 3,172% 39.7 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 293%
HGST HMS 5C4040ALE640 4TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 3.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 84 81 100 121 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 112 Write 132 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 90.9 126% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 99% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 50%
ST2000DM 001-1ER164 2TB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 940GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.4 0.1 0.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 150 Write 118 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 0.2 98% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 77%
WDC WD40 02FFWX-68TZ4N0 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 3.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.9 9.4 8.9 10 15 16 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.3% Average	Read 170 Write 175 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 10.2 129% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.8 178% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL10-8GBX F3-14900CL10-8GBX 1866 CL10 Series F3-14900CL10-8GBX F3-14900CL10-8GBX 1866 CL10 Series 48GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	110% Outstanding	MC Read 45 MC Write 43.7 MC Mixed 42.2 125% 43.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 14.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 111%

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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	655x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	233x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
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	39x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	28x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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