Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.9% 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 Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '20 at 13:14
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 248 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 633 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 120 Parallax 104 94% 113 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 105 Splatting 102 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 449 455 479 461 476 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 484 Mixed 342 SusWrite 462 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 48.9 162% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 241 174% 230 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Ct500mx5 0 500GB 2,476 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 183GB free Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 172 170 177 170 177 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 366 Write 168 Mixed 220 SusWrite 173 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 35.5 118% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 148 108% 141 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 119%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$50 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 149GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 438 437 461 444 460 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 464 Mixed 444 SusWrite 446 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 45.7 148% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 207 151% 202 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,972 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 38.7 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

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

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Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	543x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	386x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
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
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

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	20x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16