Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive98.1% 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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus P9X79 PRO  (all builds)
Memory10 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120410
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 23 '17 at 10:55
Run Duration83 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
85% Excellent
Memory 94.1
1-Core 103
2-Core 207
78% 135 Pts
4-Core 409
8-Core 646
65% 527 Pts
64-Core 785
49% 785 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 85%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2616 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Lighting 147
Reflection 160
Parallax 137
120% 148 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 142
Splatting 115
102% 126 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 111%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
382GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
98.1% Outstanding
Read 517
Write 417
Mixed 414
100% 449 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 59.4
4K Mixed 40.7
142% 46.1 MB/s
DQ Read 265
DQ Write 99.3
DQ Mixed 67.5
80% 144 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 98.1%
Great: 134%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 3x4GB
3 of 8 slots used
12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
80.8% Excellent
MC Read 33.9
MC Write 29.8
MC Mixed 29.2
88% 31 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 14.1
SC Mixed 6.3
36% 12.6 GB/s
Latency 59.5
67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical P9X79 PRO Builds (Compare 1,412 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $896
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