Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	74.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 22:09
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$100 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 92.7 2-Core 188 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 778 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 925 57% 925 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 151 Parallax 131 113% 141 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 112 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB-$225 3,223 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 105GB free Firmware: HTGBN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^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 1948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1237 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 197 197 1112403310654 (AE) Unknown 200 200 1342177 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 345 (C2) HDA temperature 72 41 253403791388 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 294192 (F2) Unknown 100 100 354911 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 492 Write 385 Mixed 444 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 31.4 94% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 160 128% 185 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 106%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3117 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1717 (B1) Unknown 97 97 35 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 418 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22066065614	74.6% Very good	Read 495 Write 323 Mixed 344 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 19.2 113% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 37.4 DQ Write 57.5 DQ Mixed 17.3 22% 37.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 118%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 12TB 454 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 91.3 Write 281 Mixed 154 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 4.65 4K Mixed 0.36 147% 1.84 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 285%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 320GB 58GB free, PID 7788 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.1% Poor	Read 73.2 Write 60.6 Mixed 3.14 50% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.22 44% 0.51 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 51.6 MC Write 49.3 MC Mixed 47.9 142% 49.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 12 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 123%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	649x
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 $279	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 $184	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