Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.78% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '19 at 03:47
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 570 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 11,020 User benchmarks, average bench 4% XFX(1682 3001) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	4.78% Terrible	Lighting 6.37 Reflection 6.96 Parallax 2.62 5% 5.32 fps	MRender 7.19 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.7 4% 5.06 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.78% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 78 84 83 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 315 Write 126 Mixed 173 SusWrite 82.8 38% 174 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 26.5 95% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 51.7 DQ Mixed 29.5 24% 34.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 83%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 131 126 129 130 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 116 Write 81.6 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 127 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 101%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 158GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 87 90 89 88 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 84 Mixed 41.4 SusWrite 88.3 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 108%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 4TB 2,430 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 537GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 190 188 195 195 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 116 Write 82.4 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 183 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1 242% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 134%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 217GB free Firmware: 2BA3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 71 70 70 71 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 69.4 Write 47.4 Mixed 41.6 SusWrite 69 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR F3-14900CL9-4GBSR Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 37.9 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

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

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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