Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.88% 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	31.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '18 at 05:05
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 123 2-Core 202 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 608 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250X 12,863 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 7266) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 667 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.11.2 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	8.88% Terrible	Lighting 11.2 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 20.6 9% 14.7 fps	MRender 6.24 Gravity 15 Splatting 9.57 8% 10.3 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.88% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 9.6 11 13 8.9 9.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 449 Write 20.8 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 10.7 26% 125 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 11 44% 11.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 56%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 63.3 Write 62 Mixed 43.8 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 21% Great: 55%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 27.3 Write 25.2 Mixed 29.2 21% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 69% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 7GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 121 65 0 2.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 137 Write 101 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 53.9 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 114%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 15.3 Mixed 2.5 7% 8.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Mixed 0 5% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2B1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2B1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.9% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.7 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 13.4 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 78%

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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 $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