Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% 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	83.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 06 '19 at 14:43
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 101 2-Core 195 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 510 54% 431 Pts	64-Core 508 32% 508 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 153 Parallax 129 115% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 234 204 154 178 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 500 Write 364 Mixed 332 SusWrite 208 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 36 122% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 22.1 93% 205 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 103%
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 19GB free Firmware: SBFA12.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 51 70 32 51 44 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.2% Below average	Read 201 Write 15 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 48.5 16% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 14.3 72% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 20.5 DQ Mixed 20.8 16% 21.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 90%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 7GB free Firmware: MU05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 225 Write 137 Mixed 166 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 27.3 4K Mixed 19.3 60% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 91.1 90% 146 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 77%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 46GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 45 45 45 42 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 76.2 Write 82.5 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 44.9 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 57%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 44.8 Write 44 Mixed 32.2 30% 40.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% Great: 69%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 234GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 123 124 124 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 94 Write 114 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 121 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.7 202% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 66%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 952 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 314GB free, PID ab34 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 103 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 115 Write 131 Mixed 77 SusWrite 104 144% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 11.4 4K Mixed 0.9 421% 4.3 MB/s	DQ Read 0.5 DQ Write 11.7 DQ Mixed 1 434% 4.4 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 78%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 600 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 9GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 102 99 97 95 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 147 Write 118 Mixed 77 SusWrite 99.7 143% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 3,657 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.1% Below average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 12.6 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 10.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 83%

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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	651x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	230x

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 $80Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16