Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.9% 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	64.4% 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	May 21 '22 at 05:01
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 227 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 690 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 11A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.9% Very good	Lighting 97.2 Reflection 109 Parallax 99.2 79% 102 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 95.7 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-489 240GB 625 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 166 127 103 142 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 362 Write 275 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 147 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 26 93% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 19.1 84% 188 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 90%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 239GB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 246 239 239 238 238 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.7% Good	Read 233 Write 239 Mixed 213 SusWrite 239 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 29.7 106% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 197 149% 200 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 111%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 893GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 129 129 129 129 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 150 Write 158 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 127 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 108%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 70 90 66 64 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 135 Write 2 Mixed 55 SusWrite 77.2 50% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.8 200% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4M Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86% Excellent	MC Read 35 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 30.4 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 13.5 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 70.7 56% 70.7 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 89%

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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	655x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	233x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	28x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16