Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.3% 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	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	16.7 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '21 at 04:36
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 1,265 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 84.6 2-Core 169 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 583 56% 460 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 112 Parallax 103 87% 107 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 100 82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: R112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 111 122 119 118 116 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.1% Above average	Read 239 Write 128 Mixed 166 SusWrite 117 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 31.8 114% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 148 115% 158 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 81%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 116GB free Firmware: 00RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 245 245 247 246 247 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	74.4% Very good	Read 254 Write 246 Mixed 208 SusWrite 245 54% 238 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 38.8 129% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 198 150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 557GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 149 148 147 150 149 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 136 Write 137 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 148 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH 20GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 30 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 10.4 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 77%

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Typical P9X79 WS Builds (Compare 433 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	107x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	82x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $175Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	9x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $782

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16