Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics100% 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 Drive42.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus P9X79 PRO  (all builds)
Memory25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateFeb 11 '19 at 20:26
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 23%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
79.5% Very good
Memory 96.7
1-Core 116
2-Core 215
83% 143 Pts
4-Core 337
8-Core 584
56% 460 Pts
64-Core 574
36% 574 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
100% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 138
Parallax 117
105% 128 fps
MRender 94.7
Gravity 127
Splatting 107
90% 110 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 100%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1Z40102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 71 58 60 22 72 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
42.8% Average
Read 500
Write 389
Mixed 26
SusWrite 103
56% 254 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 15.8
4K Mixed 1.2
50% 14.5 MB/s
DQ Read 24.5
DQ Write 118
DQ Mixed 21.4
31% 54.6 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 42.8%
Great: 100%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
821GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 178 178 177 178 176 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 180
Mixed 77.2
SusWrite 177
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 106%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 8x4GB
8 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
111% Outstanding
MC Read 38.6
MC Write 47.4
MC Mixed 43.1
123% 43 GB/s
SC Read 18
SC Write 16.2
SC Mixed 16
48% 16.7 GB/s
Latency 51.5
78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 89%
This bench: 111%
Great: 128%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 PRO Builds (Compare 1,409 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $896
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