Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	54.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 28 '20 at 00:51
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 187 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 444 47% 374 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FED) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 114 Parallax 140 108% 129 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 116 Splatting 102 104% 132 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 231 235 234 232 235 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 456 Write 301 Mixed 274 SusWrite 245 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 28.2 99% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 261 205% 289 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 133%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$49 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 389GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 348 373 366 376 364 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 283 Mixed 399 SusWrite 363 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 37.2 117% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 294 230% 319 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 125%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 106 120 121 123 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 233 Write 131 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 117 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.7 349% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 138%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 890GB free, PID 55aa SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 83 81 82 82 83 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 132 Write 114 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 81.5 124% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 126% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 57%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 5TB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4.5TB free, PID d011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 136 141 139 141 141 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	63% Good	Read 161 Write 166 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 139 174% 132 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 148% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 8x8GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.6% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 27.9 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 110%

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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	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 $90Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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