Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '20 at 06:47
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 197 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 486 48% 392 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1570) 1.2GB CLim: 732 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS 200T2B0A-00SM50 2TB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 4110 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 158 161 159 162 160 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 327 Write 152 Mixed 182 SusWrite 160 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 24.7 80% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 25.5 55% 117 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 104%
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 465GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 263 283 208 258 199 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 468 Write 338 Mixed 253 SusWrite 253 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 31.1 108% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 117 135% 233 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 185 193 187 195 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 122 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 188 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,490 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 36.5 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 102%

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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	384x
Core i7-4930KIntel $95Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	90x

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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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $896

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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