Asus P9X79 LE

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 LE (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '21 at 07:18
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 205 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 610 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 77.4 63% 80.7 fps	MRender 78.1 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 66.3 59% 73.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 161 52 46 36 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 462 Mixed 376 SusWrite 131 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 50.1 168% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 244 213% 318 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 126%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 101GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 212 202 210 212 194 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62% Good	Read 234 Write 218 Mixed 203 SusWrite 203 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 29.7 104% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 142 117% 168 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 280GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 49 51 31 19 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 33 Write 49.5 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 36.1 29% 39 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.8 325% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 123GB 3,538 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 51GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 8.6 7.8 9.6 6 6.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	6.18% Terrible	Read 11.5 Write 9 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 8 11% 8.75 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1 66% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 6.18% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/8GX 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 14.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.1 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 87%

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

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 LE - $99

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	346x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	273x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	79x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	72x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	55x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	26x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	21x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $429

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 $178	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