Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.3% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '19 at 23:08
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.55 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 550 60% 473 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 85E7) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.3% Terrible	Lighting 5.1 Reflection 4.54 Parallax 4.94 4% 4.86 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.22 5% 5.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.3% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 180 107 172 183 185 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 399 Write 282 Mixed 178 SusWrite 174 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 25.8 89% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 156 137% 205 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 101%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 106GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 61 65 66 65 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 84.5 Write 71.5 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 64.4 52% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 154GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 90 96 95 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 87.8 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 94.6 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 59%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 108 104 108 106 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 122 Write 108 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 106 131% 99 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.3 170% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,207 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28.3 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 82%

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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	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