Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	85.4% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111006
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '20 at 17:02
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X-$265 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 78.2 2-Core 158 65% 108 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 494 48% 392 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 145 Parallax 134 106% 136 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 103 106 105 102 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 440 Write 443 Mixed 351 SusWrite 154 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 41.5 137% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 360 268% 355 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 101GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 55 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 58.6 Mixed 47 SusWrite 54.5 42% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-442.A00LF 8x4GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 28 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 84%

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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%

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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	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 $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