Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% 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	96.2% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '19 at 21:55
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 101 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 512 57% 450 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 156 Parallax 145 122% 150 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 148 Splatting 116 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 207 96 74 59 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 443 Mixed 368 SusWrite 147 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 51.3 168% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 249 217% 322 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 126%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 75GB free Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 357 374 329 429 482 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 395 Write 234 Mixed 260 SusWrite 382 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 37.6 138% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 248 214% 317 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 80GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 71 71 71 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 72.5 Write 73 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 71.1 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 74%
WD WD5000ABYS-01TNA0 500GB-$80 1,220 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 119GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 66 68 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 43.7 Write 46.2 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 65.8 36% 48.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2800 C11 2x4GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.5% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 19.3 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 11.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 73%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	108x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	82x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $49Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $843

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $550	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