Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	129% 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	94% 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	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '19 at 18:08
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 (65^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 194 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 584 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 173 Parallax 189 144% 180 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 156 Splatting 114 121% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 419 431 408 411 409 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 437 Mixed 340 SusWrite 418 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 31.3 108% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 347 265% 359 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 124%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 440GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 127 124 129 125 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: 120 123 120 120 123 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 107 Write 125 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 121 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.8 200% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 121%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 190GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 86 87 84 87 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 209 Write 147 Mixed 113 SusWrite 86.6 103% 139 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 387% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 605GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 138 133 132 132 134 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 220 Mixed 109 SusWrite 134 119% 162 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 464% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 1D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 107 107 109 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 119 Write 121 Mixed 106 SusWrite 108 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 85%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 82 83 82 84 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 141 Write 117 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 82.3 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.1% 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 (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 35 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 30.9 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% 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	542x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	385x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	91x

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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $896

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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