Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	40.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '19 at 21:26
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 196 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 497 52% 418 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Lighting 82.5 Reflection 87.6 Parallax 77.4 67% 82.5 fps	MRender 82.9 Gravity 77.3 Splatting 69.8 62% 76.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SVP200S 90GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 69 70 68 73 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 119 Write 95 Mixed 118 SusWrite 70.5 23% 101 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 21.7 87% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 88.2 DQ Mixed 21.9 42% 85.6 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 51%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 35GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 153 153 152 153 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 474 Write 463 Mixed 367 SusWrite 185 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 41.4 134% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 43.5 99% 199 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$60 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 146GB free Firmware: 1D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 65 67 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 116 Write 110 Mixed 100 SusWrite 66.4 73% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 76%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,195 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 23GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 33 Write 26.8 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 27.5 35% 26.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-447.A00LF 9905403-447.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 30.9 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.7 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 85%

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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	658x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	365x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	87x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	40x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	28x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $658

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