Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	18.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111222
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '19 at 06:20
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 88.7 2-Core 169 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 527 48% 401 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2872) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 25.1 Reflection 24 Parallax 34.3 20% 27.8 fps	MRender 33.6 Gravity 29.1 Splatting 25.2 24% 29.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 106 104 104 104 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 322 Write 156 Mixed 171 SusWrite 104 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 18 63% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 142 108% 147 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 129%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 76 76 75 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 94 Write 85.5 Mixed 72 SusWrite 75.2 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 240GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 105 100 101 110 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 98 Write 96.8 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 102 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 126% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 353GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 179 186 179 187 182 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme Go USB 3.1 128GB-$36 967 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 96GB free, PID 558b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 141 140 141 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 182 Write 138 Mixed 95.5 SusWrite 140 180% 139 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.6 138% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 33.9 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 11.6 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 99%

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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