Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	134% 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.
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 (13%). 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	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 20:28
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	13%

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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 Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 82.8 2-Core 192 67% 118 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 509 52% 421 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	134% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 233 Parallax 247 133% 214 fps	MRender 250 Gravity 214 Splatting 142 159% 202 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 258 Write 168 Mixed 203 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 25.5 94% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 162 130% 184 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 83%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 75GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 160 164 169 163 161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 360 Write 165 Mixed 208 SusWrite 162 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 24.5 81% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 164 125% 172 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 387GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 114 Write 99.8 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 98.7 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 33.4 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 14.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 98%

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

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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	543x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	386x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 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	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16