Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.3% 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)
Boot Drive	68.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '21 at 14:39
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$88 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 635 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 806 50% 806 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.3% Below average	Lighting 49.5 Reflection 37.8 Parallax 63.3 40% 50.2 fps	MRender 32.4 Gravity 49.5 Splatting 25.9 28% 35.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GB 4,594 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BL6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 184 173 187 204 173 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 433 Write 117 Mixed 188 SusWrite 180 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 24.1 97% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 76 102% 189 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 139GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 126 127 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 126 Write 124 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 127 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D169DS3.16F 4x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 16.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 11 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	23.8"	1280 720	DELA09B DELL P2414H

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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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16