Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.9% 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	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	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '20 at 03:39
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 87.5 2-Core 175 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 546 55% 448 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 78.1 Parallax 68.1 65% 75.2 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 73.1 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 245 248 252 253 250 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	80.9% Excellent	Read 264 Write 254 Mixed 240 SusWrite 249 57% 252 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 45 148% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 198 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 102 96 94 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 135 Write 135 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 97.7 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 145% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$60 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 233GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 76.3 Write 45.7 Mixed 43.9 SusWrite 76.3 44% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 29.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 82.8% 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 $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