Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% 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	85.3% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '20 at 21:13
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 184 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 505 51% 413 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 188 Parallax 192 115% 174 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 181 Splatting 128 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 100 83 91 84 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 467 Write 451 Mixed 385 SusWrite 138 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 43.2 135% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 349 262% 350 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 134%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 278GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 168 169 172 174 172 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 351 Write 159 Mixed 191 SusWrite 170 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 28.7 95% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 159 121% 167 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 135GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 58 59 59 59 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 30 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 58.7 36% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 62%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 157 156 156 155 155 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 110%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 93GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 65 66 66 67 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 59 Write 71.7 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 65.7 47% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 25GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 72 76 73 77 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 40.7 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 73.6 44% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 62%

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 @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 33.9 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 91.9% 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