Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	15.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '20 at 18:34
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$88 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 77.8 2-Core 184 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 552 55% 446 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.7% Poor	Lighting 21.2 Reflection 22.2 Parallax 19.2 17% 20.8 fps	MRender 27.8 Gravity 47.1 Splatting 27.3 27% 34.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 56%
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.2% Below average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 23.5 Parallax 47.8 35% 38.1 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 52.7 Splatting 48.9 38% 46.1 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$100 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 745GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 440 456 470 467 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 443 Mixed 315 SusWrite 457 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 45 153% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 274 227% 328 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 678GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 180 181 177 178 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 146 Mixed 105 SusWrite 170 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 259F 3TB 1,516 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2.5TB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 29 29 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 32 Write 28.3 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 28.6 38% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 102% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 6x4GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58% Above average	MC Read 23 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 20.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 10.5 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 94%

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

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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	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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16