Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.1% 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.

High background CPU (24%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '19 at 00:00
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2-$635 10,921 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 702 66% 551 Pts	64-Core 885 55% 885 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 1810 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Lighting 85.6 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 79.8 70% 85.2 fps	MRender 81.3 Gravity 79.4 Splatting 72.6 63% 77.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,869 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 82 83 89 86 85 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.1% Above average	Read 241 Write 130 Mixed 191 SusWrite 87 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 36.5 131% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33.2 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 65.3 55% 76.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 107%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 19GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 45 45 33 26 27 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 14GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 73 72 73 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 72.5 Write 72 Mixed 46 SusWrite 72.1 48% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 261GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 184 191 188 194 190 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 113 Write 130 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 187 81% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 328GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 115 114 115 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 117 Write 105 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 114 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 144% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 117 115 117 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 52 SusWrite 116 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 37.5 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 15 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 98%

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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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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	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 $295	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