Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.1% 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	59.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120524
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '19 at 18:01
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 215 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 642 69% 548 Pts	64-Core 857 53% 857 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Asus(1043 03C6) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 22 19% 20.2 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 15.7 Splatting 20.2 14% 16.4 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 161 161 160 158 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 338 Write 155 Mixed 193 SusWrite 160 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 31.3 92% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 159 119% 160 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 123%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 910GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 130 129 129 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 139 Write 117 Mixed 82 SusWrite 129 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 35.5 111% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $93Bench 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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Value: 81% - Excellent

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