Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% 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 Drive	96.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '19 at 08:05
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (43^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-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 196 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 590 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$391 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 173 Parallax 189 146% 180 fps	MRender 191 Gravity 157 Splatting 111 120% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 440 438 424 414 408 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 454 Mixed 359 SusWrite 428 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 32.9 113% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 352 268% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 124%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 440GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 128 128 124 129 125 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 138%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 411GB free Firmware: 0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 121 119 123 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 111 Write 115 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 121 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 180% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 121%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$287 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 190GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 86 87 82 85 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 210 Write 148 Mixed 107 SusWrite 85.6 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.2 436% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$287 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 605GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 139 132 134 134 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 164 Write 225 Mixed 104 SusWrite 134 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 408% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 1D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 107 108 108 109 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 124 Write 118 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 108 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 85%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 79 80 81 82 81 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 139 Write 132 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 80.4 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 324 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 30.7 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 136%

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Gaming 61%

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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	544x
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 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 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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Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16