Asus P9X79 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.2% 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	55% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120618
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 01:09
Run Duration	382 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (49^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 94.7 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 188 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 493 50% 405 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.5% 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 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.2% Very good	Lighting 97.4 Reflection 103 Parallax 92.1 79% 97.5 fps	MRender 87.1 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 82.2 70% 86.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 82 79 80 73 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 395 Write 107 Mixed 124 SusWrite 81 38% 177 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 18.8 78% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 57.5 89% 177 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 85%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 202GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 217 214 210 204 209 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47% Average	Read 247 Write 194 Mixed 192 SusWrite 209 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 13.3 64% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 24 44% 87.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 74%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 31GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 152 145 148 137 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 457 Write 259 Mixed 253 SusWrite 152 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 13.7 68% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 23.4 45% 89.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 74%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 624GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 109 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 120 Write 115 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 108 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2133 CL11 Series 4x4GB 665 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 36.1 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.8 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 97%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 DELUXE - $500

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	254x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	162x
Core i7-3960XIntel $265Bench 78%, 2,165 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	31x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	19x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
DDR3 1600G DDR3 1600G Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 12GBAdataBench 52%, 28 samples	11x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,060

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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