Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.8% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '20 at 18:21
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (53^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-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 196 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 590 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.9% 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: 913 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 28.7 Reflection 36.6 Parallax 6.16 23% 23.8 fps	MRender 0.14 Gravity 25.3 Splatting 0.13 6% 8.52 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.6% 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: 164 164 164 170 166 170 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 322 Write 155 Mixed 188 SusWrite 166 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 26.7 90% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 109 93% 137 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 104%
WD Blue 500GB-$87 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 465GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 293 273 242 278 276 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 453 Write 353 Mixed 324 SusWrite 278 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 29.3 88% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 95.1 129% 237 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 183 190 189 188 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 117 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 185 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% 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 (95^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 42.8 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 37.3 115% 40.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

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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	544x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	389x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	34x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples	20x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16