Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.4% 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	76.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '21 at 15:56
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 169 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 409 44% 348 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 115 Parallax 101 79% 104 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 90.8 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 131 133 141 145 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 434 Write 421 Mixed 292 SusWrite 159 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 32.8 107% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 177 182% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 108%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 186GB free Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 203 199 199 199 201 MB/s Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.5% Average	Read 175 Write 205 Mixed 176 SusWrite 201 43% 189 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 30.8 4K Mixed 13.2 57% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 91.2 88% 136 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.7 1.9 1.6 0.9 0.9 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 176 Write 4.7 SusWrite 1.6 43% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.3 213% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 28.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 77%

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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 1,698 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	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