Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.6% 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 Drive	52.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	12.1 Days
Run Date	May 04 '20 at 20:41
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 87.1 2-Core 193 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 543 57% 454 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 108 Parallax 107 82% 105 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 89.2 75% 92 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 162 166 164 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 333 Write 152 Mixed 191 SusWrite 164 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 27 4K Mixed 21.8 72% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 114 97% 145 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 116%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 124GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 192 147 176 175 176 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.6% Above average	Read 238 Write 237 Mixed 217 SusWrite 184 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 30.1 4K Mixed 20.9 70% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 148 126% 185 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 97%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 114 120 118 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 132 Write 113 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 117 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 186C0 V3 Series 4x8GB 214 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 36.1 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 11.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 98%

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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 $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	91x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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