Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.1% 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	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '18 at 08:59
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 545 60% 472 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2200-$440 13,860 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Nvidia(10DE 1097) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.74 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Lighting 19.4 Reflection 14.7 Parallax 15 16% 16.4 fps	MRender 23.4 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 16.3 16% 20.7 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 111 90 89 87 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 473 Write 172 Mixed 141 SusWrite 99.6 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 23.4 105% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 4.5 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 2.1 23% 49.6 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 104%
SiImage 80GB 29GB free Firmware: 0000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 89 92 97 93 92 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.8% Above average	Read 244 Write 96 Mixed 132 SusWrite 92.4 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 24.9 99% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 119 99% 146 MB/s

Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 667 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 105GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 311 303 285 304 315 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 217 Write 220 Mixed 66 SusWrite 302 146% 201 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 221%
ASMT 2105 640GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 45GB free, PID 5136 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 25 25 25 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	9.99% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 21.5 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 25.4 29% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 19% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 9.99% Great: 36%
Samsung D3 Station 5TB 431 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free, PID 6126 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 124 120 126 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 84.4 Write 77.5 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 125 103% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 0.5 260% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 45.4 119% 41.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 14.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 91%

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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	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	230x

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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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