Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.4% 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	56.9% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '19 at 02:57
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 192 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 658 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8561) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Lighting 44.5 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 38.7 36% 42.2 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 39.2 Splatting 35.3 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 162 165 165 163 163 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 362 Write 142 Mixed 104 SusWrite 161 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 21.3 85% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 51.5 65% 118 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 171 165 170 173 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 142 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 168 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12.3 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 62%

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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 $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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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