Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '20 at 16:22
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 720 71% 583 Pts	64-Core 848 52% 848 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 109 Parallax 94 81% 101 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 99 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 431 458 444 455 266 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 485 Mixed 385 SusWrite 421 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 52.9 174% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 180 136% 182 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 128%
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 130GB free Firmware: P0624AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 191 123 69 69 69 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.7% Good	Read 259 Write 216 Mixed 236 SusWrite 128 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 40 134% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 129 97% 129 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 141GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 473 474 487 440 239 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 485 Mixed 422 SusWrite 430 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 58.6 194% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 272 192% 244 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 3x8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 35.3 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 99%

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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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Typical P9X79 Builds (Compare 1,711 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	654x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
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	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	85x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
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	39x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	27x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $484

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16