Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 48%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus P9X79 PRO  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130314
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 30 '20 at 00:53
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User NZL-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
74.5% Very good
Memory 87
1-Core 72.6
2-Core 176
65% 112 Pts
4-Core 335
8-Core 553
54% 444 Pts
64-Core 672
42% 672 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 74.5%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130
CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2230 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.7.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
60.8% Good
Lighting 77.6
Reflection 71.8
Parallax 92.1
63% 80.5 fps
MRender 73.8
Gravity 74.9
Splatting 60.4
56% 69.7 fps
Poor: 46%
This bench: 60.8%
Great: 56%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
204GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 121 119 121 122 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
57.4% Above average
Read 78.5
Write 68
Mixed 60.8
SusWrite 121
60% 82.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 57.4%
Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
455GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 71 67 77 80 81 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
53.8% Above average
Read 115
Write 114
Mixed 59.7
SusWrite 72.4
66% 90.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 53.8%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
84.8% Excellent
MC Read 34.7
MC Write 33.7
MC Mixed 30.7
94% 33 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 12
SC Mixed 12
37% 12.9 GB/s
Latency 70.5
57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 PRO Builds (Compare 1,412 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: 81% - Excellent Total price: $896
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HDDRAMUSB
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