Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	44.8 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '16 at 07:43
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 212 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 606 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Device(0000 0000) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.62% Terrible	Lighting 4.53 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 3.47 4% 4.5 fps	MRender 5.05 Gravity 4.97 Splatting 3.22 4% 4.41 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.62% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9465 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 318 (B1) Unknown 82 82 211 (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 63 50 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 143 (F1) Unknown 99 99 112362773113	51.7% Above average	Read 260 Write 179 Mixed 175 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 10.4 85% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 90.2 DQ Mixed 23.7 48% 100 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 118%
Hitachi UltraStar 7K4000 2TB 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 730GB free Firmware: MF6OAA70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 78 (03) Spinup time 174 174 38680658239 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 606 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 142 25 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 888 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 888 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 214749478942 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	76.9% Very good	Read 120 Write 148 Mixed 141 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.31 114% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 6x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 6 of 8 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 45.9 MC Write 43.8 MC Mixed 43.3 127% 44.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	656x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	40x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	28x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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