Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	27.7% 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	60.7% 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 (16%). 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	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120618
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 07:42
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	49.6% Average	Memory 80.6 1-Core 29.9 2-Core 55.4 40% 55.3 Pts	4-Core 102 8-Core 328 23% 215 Pts	64-Core 494 30% 494 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2670) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.7% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 32.1 Parallax 40.6 26% 34.9 fps	MRender 46 Gravity 36.9 Splatting 33 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 495 Write 310 Mixed 252 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 11.8 67% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 78.2 DQ Mixed 41.5 34% 47.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 104%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 157GB free Firmware: 0A80 Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 89 Mixed 89.8 70% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1600 4x8GB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 27.2 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 5.5 17% 5.97 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 100%

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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%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	650x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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