Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus P9X79 PRO  (all builds)
Memory8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120803
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateDec 12 '19 at 21:17
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
81.9% Excellent
Memory 90.9
1-Core 105
2-Core 211
78% 136 Pts
4-Core 394
8-Core 607
62% 500 Pts
64-Core 730
45% 730 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 81.9%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
83.6% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 111
Parallax 113
88% 111 fps
MRender 91.7
Gravity 97.7
Splatting 86.4
75% 92 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.6%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 40 37 36 36 35 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
74.9% Very good
Read 500
Write 147
Mixed 147
SusWrite 44.3
46% 209 MB/s
4K Read 34
4K Write 73.3
4K Mixed 36.4
137% 47.9 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 68.2
DQ Mixed 90
102% 183 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580
665GB free
Firmware: CC3C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 119 118 119 120 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
63.9% Good
Read 104
Write 105
Mixed 62.3
SusWrite 118
72% 97.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 63.9%
Great: 75%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174
2TB free
Firmware: 0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 174 165 168 173 164 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 178
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 168
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 6.4
4K Mixed 0.7
238% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 102%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A00LF 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
86.3% Excellent
MC Read 35.4
MC Write 34.1
MC Mixed 30.4
95% 33.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 13.9
SC Mixed 13.1
41% 14.2 GB/s
Latency 65.9
61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 86.3%
Great: 54%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 PRO Builds (Compare 1,409 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $896
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Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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