Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36% 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)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '21 at 00:03
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 169 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 432 47% 372 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7970-$435 6,727 User benchmarks, average bench 36% AMD(1002 3000) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36% Below average	Lighting 48.7 Reflection 37.2 Parallax 62.3 40% 49.4 fps	MRender 32.4 Gravity 50.9 Splatting 25.4 29% 36.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 468 Write 433 Mixed 374 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 38.4 140% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 267 210% 291 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 46GB free Firmware: UE450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 104 113 74 68 65 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 383 Write 104 Mixed 273 SusWrite 108 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 16.2 60% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 41.6 DQ Write 22.8 DQ Mixed 40.6 28% 35 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 53%
Wd1600aa WD1600AACS-00ZWB 160GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 28GB free Firmware: 03.04E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 42 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 36.3 Write 37.8 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 42.7 26% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 90% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1333 C7 2x4GB 894 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 11.4 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 56%

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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%

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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 $79Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $511

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16