Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	93.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 11:47
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$100 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 214 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 667 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gainward(10B0 0801) 1GB CLim: 930 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.7% Terrible	Lighting 11.3 Reflection 13.3 Parallax 9.47 9% 11.4 fps	MRender 14.8 Gravity 11.7 Splatting 12.6 11% 13 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.7% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 256GB-$240 2,095 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 440 447 423 445 435 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 416 Mixed 316 SusWrite 439 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 30.6 104% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 288 237% 338 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 111%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 365GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 120 121 115 122 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 154 Write 139 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 118 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 109%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.3 9.1 9 9 9.1 9 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	4.24% Terrible	Read 14.1 Write 6 Mixed 6 SusWrite 8.9 11% 8.75 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.24% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 16.9 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 12.1 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Battleship

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 $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	91x

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 $109Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $896

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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