Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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 Drive	93.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 02:00
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 725 71% 584 Pts	64-Core 897 56% 897 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 202 Parallax 207 128% 189 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 193 Splatting 130 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 353 368 350 352 351 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 378 Mixed 321 SusWrite 355 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 34.8 127% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 353 268% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 124%
Crucial BX200 960GB-$80 1,195 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 106GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 93 89 90 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 304 Write 144 Mixed 184 SusWrite 90.3 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 26.6 85% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 147 113% 155 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 100%
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB-$181 1,826 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 77GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 207 155 226 217 224 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 331 Write 254 Mixed 271 SusWrite 207 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 29 99% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 242 191% 266 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC6B SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 258 262 256 257 255 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 68%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 6TB free, PID 3322 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 133 139 138 136 138 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 137 135% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.7 168% 2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 44.6 MC Write 44.1 MC Mixed 39.6 122% 42.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.8 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 126%

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

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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	542x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	385x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	35x

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	19x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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