Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	106% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 21:46
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 658 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Lighting 74.3 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 73.1 61% 74.6 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 73.2 59% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 283GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 373 353 348 325 316 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 483 Mixed 406 SusWrite 347 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 51.3 167% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 226 184% 266 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 66GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 133 125 128 134 132 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 391 Write 132 Mixed 188 SusWrite 128 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 35.6 127% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 108 98% 148 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 155 157 157 157 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 92.5 Mixed 74 SusWrite 156 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 113%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 79 81 82 81 82 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 104%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 74 76 76 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 119 Write 116 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 76.2 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 87%
WD Elements 25A3 10TB 3,723 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free, PID 25a3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 129 128 125 129 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 208 Write 216 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 128 202% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 95%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 3.5TB free, PID 1230 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 150 151 152 152 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 144 Write 136 Mixed 70 SusWrite 151 167% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 30 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 96%

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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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $896

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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