Asus P9X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.77% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive26.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus P9X79  (all builds)
Memory8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130829
Uptime3.4 Days
Run DateFeb 11 '21 at 21:05
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User SYC-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
77.1% Very good
Memory 89
1-Core 95.6
2-Core 194
73% 126 Pts
4-Core 356
8-Core 490
53% 423 Pts
64-Core 474
29% 474 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730
Device(0000 0000) 2GB
CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.40
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
6.77% Terrible
Lighting 8.4
Reflection 11.3
Parallax 9.4
7% 9.7 fps
MRender 10.4
Gravity 7.4
Splatting 7
7% 8.27 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.77%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M6CR022
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 234 228 153 7 7.2 MB/s
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
26.5% Poor
Read 244
Write 221
Mixed 11
SusWrite 136
34% 153 MB/s
4K Read 18.1
4K Write 6.3
4K Mixed 0.5
31% 8.3 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 26.5%
Great: 92%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64
476GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 143 144 145 145 142 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
46.6% Average
Read 18.7
Write 146
Mixed 54.5
SusWrite 144
66% 90.7 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
95% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 46.6%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial CT51264BA160B.M16 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
89.6% Excellent
MC Read 33.6
MC Write 38.2
MC Mixed 33.3
100% 35 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 12.1
SC Mixed 12.4
38% 13.4 GB/s
Latency 68.5
58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 90%
This bench: 89.6%
Great: 100%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical P9X79 Builds (Compare 1,705 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $507
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HDDRAMUSB
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