Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	18 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '19 at 16:12
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 194 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 484 53% 420 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 8D91) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 80.2 78% 88.8 fps	MRender 75.1 Gravity 82.1 Splatting 73.8 63% 77 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 454 405 371 373 387 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 342 Mixed 416 SusWrite 382 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 44.2 141% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 292 222% 299 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 128%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 110GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 170 68 66 67 66 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 464 Write 408 Mixed 358 SusWrite 117 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 26.1 105% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 139 127% 189 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 100%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 38GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 56 53 54 57 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 161 Write 63.8 Mixed 89 SusWrite 55.2 20% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 22.9 87% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 80.3 DQ Write 57.1 DQ Mixed 65.6 50% 67.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 51%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 247GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 4.5 4.8 4.3 4.9 4.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	2.84% Terrible	Read 5.3 Write 4.8 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 4.6 4% 4.75 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 2.84% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5584-007.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5584-007.A00LF 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.9% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 22.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 70%

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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	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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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