Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics91% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus P9X79 PRO  (all builds)
Memory5.7 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateJun 10 '19 at 03:53
Run Duration164 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU 15%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
82.5% Excellent
Memory 90.9
1-Core 113
2-Core 248
84% 151 Pts
4-Core 400
8-Core 608
62% 504 Pts
64-Core 603
37% 603 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
91% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 126
Parallax 117
96% 120 fps
MRender 96
Gravity 115
Splatting 90.8
82% 101 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 91%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata SU 635 240GB
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N181
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 37 38 28 20 20 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 11% Great: 60%
Jetflash Transcend 32GB
5GB free
Firmware: 1100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 19 18 21 19 18 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
29.1% Poor
Read 81.8
Write 26.3
Mixed 26.7
SusWrite 19.6
28% 38.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
98% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 29.1%
Great: 78%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23
299GB free
Firmware: 0A01
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 59.4
Mixed 47.1
41% 53.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 54%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CL10-11-11 D3-213 DCLT8GN128S 10GB
1333, 1333 MHz
2048, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
39.9% Below average
MC Read 14.4
MC Write 12.3
MC Mixed 12.6
37% 13.1 GB/s
SC Read 13
SC Write 12.7
SC Mixed 10.9
35% 12.2 GB/s
Latency 65.9
61% 65.9 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 PRO Builds (Compare 1,417 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: 84% - Excellent Total price: $877
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