Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.66% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.6% 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	22GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 22GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	15.6 GB free of 22 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '20 at 19:50
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 91.3 2-Core 189 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 495 47% 391 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS 2,598 User benchmarks, average bench 2% XFX(1682 2280) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	2.66% Terrible	Lighting 2.77 Reflection 5.58 Parallax 0.94 2% 3.09 fps	MRender 6.1 Gravity 1.93 Splatting 4.61 3% 4.21 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.66% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 403 308 225 220 198 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 461 Mixed 435 SusWrite 300 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 39.1 135% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 365 274% 367 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 133%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 500GB free Firmware: CC36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 34 34 6.5 27 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 47.5 Write 17.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 23.8 22% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 114% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 22GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 34.2 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 10.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns

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

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Typical P9X79 PRO Builds (Compare 1,412 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

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 $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