Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics93.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus P9X79 PRO  (all builds)
Memory15.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140507
Uptime1.7 Days
Run DateMay 14 '20 at 10:47
Run Duration172 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
79.3% Very good
Memory 93.6
1-Core 102
2-Core 211
78% 136 Pts
4-Core 352
8-Core 536
55% 444 Pts
64-Core 502
31% 502 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 79.3%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Gigabyte(1458 3793) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
93.3% Outstanding
Lighting 119
Reflection 132
Parallax 122
97% 124 fps
MRender 93.7
Gravity 118
Splatting 102
86% 105 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 93.3%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 5,177
Write 5,131
Mixed 4,918
1,135% 5,076 MB/s
4K Read 321
4K Write 197
4K Mixed 232
889% 250 MB/s
DQ Read 807
DQ Write 553
DQ Mixed 627
482% 662 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109
5GB free
Firmware: DXT08B0Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 461
Write 138
Mixed 125
52% 241 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 76.2
4K Mixed 19.7
106% 40.8 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 117
DQ Mixed 48.6
82% 167 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 73%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
699GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 36 47 38 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
22.8% Poor
Read 40.2
Write 59.2
Mixed 33
SusWrite 39.3
32% 42.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.2
38% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 22.8%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 F3-1600C9-8GXM CML8GX3M2A1600C9 F3-1600C9-8GXM 24GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
77.7% Very good
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 30.3
MC Mixed 28
84% 29.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 15.9
SC Mixed 12.9
41% 14.5 GB/s
Latency 60.8
66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 77.7%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 PRO Builds (Compare 1,416 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: 84% - Excellent Total price: $877
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