Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.11% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.3% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '17 at 20:39
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	85%

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 i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 466 50% 395 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 600 15,964 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 0835) 1GB CLim: 640 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 375.86 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.11% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 4.35 Parallax 3.47 3% 3.87 fps	MRender 5.29 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 2.78 3% 3.99 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.11% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SiImage 80GB 52GB free Firmware: 0000 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.1% Above average	Read 265 Write 78.9 Mixed 120 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 15.3 97% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 87.4 DQ Mixed 41.5 58% 111 MB/s

HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3802 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 722 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (AA) Unknown 100 100 469 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4522125 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 71 59 176094904349 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (DA) Unknown 100 100 4 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9295 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4354 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3806 (F4) Unknown 100 100 69 (F5) Unknown 100 100 141 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2384640	81.3% Excellent	Read 522 Write 352 Mixed 406 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 13.3 112% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 13.2 53% 110 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 104%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 667 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 143GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 100 Write 199 Mixed 158 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.46 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.33 143% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 221%
SDHC Card 32GB 13,791 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 29GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 41.6 Write 35.8 Mixed 38.3 49% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.73 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 1.93 178% 3.45 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 42.6 113% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.6 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	647x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	229x

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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