Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '22 at 01:50
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 86.1 2-Core 193 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 473 51% 406 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 Graphics 1,316 User benchmarks, average bench 20% AMD(1002 0B0D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1086 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.Q4 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 17.4 Reflection 37.4 Parallax 29.8 14% 28.2 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 28.3 24% 30.2 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 196 82 40 66 40 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 302 Write 150 Mixed 330 SusWrite 116 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 24.7 96% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 165 146% 215 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 100%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$97 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 182 177 188 184 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 228 Mixed 112 SusWrite 184 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 380% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3400620AS 400GB-$55 3,016 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 149GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 65 66 65 66 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 68.6 Write 51.5 Mixed 51.9 SusWrite 64.9 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 433GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 148 150 148 150 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 144 Write 109 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 147 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 112%
Generic USB SD Reader 4GB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	6.62% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 11.7 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 0.4 10% 9.03 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.7 104% 2 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 6.62% Great: 7%
Generic USB CF Reader 0GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 2% 0GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	1.9% Terrible	Read 5 Write 1.2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 1.5 3% 2.55 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 19% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.9% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-160 2x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 10.9 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 56%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	544x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	386x
Core i7-4930KIntel $88Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	33x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples	20x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16