Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.6% 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	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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111003
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '18 at 01:06
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 192 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 629 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 69.3 66% 76.8 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 75.2 61% 74 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3. SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 113 119 119 114 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 332 Write 135 Mixed 177 SusWrite 116 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 27.3 98% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 148 113% 155 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 57GB free Firmware: J SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 51 51 52 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 51.7 Write 29.2 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 51.7 31% 42.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 530GB free Firmware: K SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 72 71 72 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 73.2 Write 46.5 Mixed 45 SusWrite 71.7 44% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 191 193 193 193 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 150 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 191 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 30.7 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 77%

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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	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