Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 47% Yacht


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 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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.4% 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	80.6% 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	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.

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	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	14.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '21 at 10:42
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 65.5 1-Core 58.1 2-Core 172 54% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 481 50% 401 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.5% 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 (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 117 Parallax 102 80% 106 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 90.2 78% 96.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 134 137 132 140 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 457 Write 429 Mixed 294 SusWrite 170 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 34.4 115% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 173 182% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 108%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 103GB free Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 222 219 220 220 219 MB/s Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.4% Average	Read 191 Write 221 Mixed 181 SusWrite 221 46% 203 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 13.7 63% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 97 93% 144 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 811GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 173 170 171 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 157 Mixed 87.3 SusWrite 172 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.8% 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)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 29.4 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 10.5 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 77%

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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%

Battleship

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 $295	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