Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 89.6%, 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	56.8% 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120524
Uptime	8.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '20 at 16:26
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 703 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 875 54% 875 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.6% 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 15.9 Parallax 19.9 19% 19.6 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 15.8 Splatting 20.1 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: 159 158 158 158 159 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 343 Write 156 Mixed 191 SusWrite 157 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 36 4K Mixed 25.6 84% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 157 118% 159 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 123%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 910GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 131 131 130 131 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 142 Write 118 Mixed 104 SusWrite 130 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 76%
USB Flash Disk 8GB 2,760 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 11 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 16.1 21% 17.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.1 48% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 9%

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)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 42.3 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 36.4 113% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 14.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 102% 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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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 $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 $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