Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	76.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	55.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '18 at 09:14
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (57^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, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 77.5 1-Core 95.1 2-Core 188 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 337 46% 343 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.7% Very good	Lighting 93.6 Reflection 95.9 Parallax 83.5 76% 91 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 92.3 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 480GB-$300 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 157 170 170 157 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 406 Write 238 Mixed 280 SusWrite 164 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 15 4K Mixed 18.2 63% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 119 100% 150 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 66%
Seagate ST4000NM0035-1V4107 4TB 1,942 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 3.5TB free Firmware: TN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 199 205 204 206 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 190 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 202 123% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 1.1 267% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 115%
Seagate ST4000NM0035-1V4107 4TB 1,942 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 3TB free Firmware: TN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 200 199 204 201 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 203 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 201 128% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.2 279% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 115%
Seagate ST4000NM0035-1V4107 4TB 1,942 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2TB free Firmware: TN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 172 174 173 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 190 Mixed 85 SusWrite 172 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.2 276% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%
Seagate ST4000NM0035-1V4107 4TB 1,942 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2.5TB free Firmware: TN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 183 188 189 191 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 178 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 187 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1.3 284% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 8x8GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 25.6 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 85.2 47% 85.2 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 98%

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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%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

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 $75Bench 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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $507

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16