Asus P9X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive74.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.
Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus P9X79  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140506
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 22 '18 at 16:59
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 40%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86% Excellent
Memory 96.3
1-Core 124
2-Core 249
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 410
8-Core 604
63% 507 Pts
64-Core 616
38% 616 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 86%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 140
Parallax 132
107% 135 fps
MRender 98.5
Gravity 128
Splatting 107
91% 111 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 101%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 162 145 146 149 150 MB/s
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
74.6% Very good
Read 253
Write 235
Mixed 214
SusWrite 159
48% 215 MB/s
4K Read 32.8
4K Write 75.2
4K Mixed 44.9
147% 51 MB/s
DQ Read 201
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 199
149% 197 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$32
574GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 109 113 113 114 MB/s
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
68.7% Good
Read 127
Write 110
Mixed 84.5
SusWrite 112
80% 108 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 68.7%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2666 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
76.7% Very good
MC Read 30.3
MC Write 26.9
MC Mixed 26.2
80% 27.8 GB/s
SC Read 21.1
SC Write 16.5
SC Mixed 15.3
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 53
76% 53 ns
Poor: 77%
This bench: 76.7%
Great: 151%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 Builds (Compare 1,715 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: $508
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