Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '20 at 17:16
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 206 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 719 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 842 52% 842 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.6% Very good	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 99.1 Parallax 85.2 81% 94.6 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 41.6 62% 80.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe 256GB-$50 744 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 523 442 463 512 423 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 671 Write 458 Mixed 354 SusWrite 470 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 24.9 99% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 84.2 DQ Mixed 140 125% 196 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 131%
Plextor M6e PCIe 128GB-$93 664 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 82GB free Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 321 311 306 325 279 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 720 Write 312 Mixed 344 SusWrite 307 93% 421 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 28.1 102% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 61.9 DQ Mixed 110 107% 180 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 114%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$80 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 88 88 93 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 88.1 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 100%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 699GB free Firmware: SC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 87 85 90 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 86.2 Write 86.5 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 85.9 58% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 100%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$80 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 615GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 92 98 94 98 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 116 Write 105 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 94.2 71% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 88%
Jmicron Generic DISK00 8TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 15 15 15 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 16.5 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 14.7 17% 23 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.4 377% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 73%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 960GB free Firmware: SC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 155 149 146 157 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 102 Write 98.3 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 149 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 100%
Jmicron Generic DISK01 8TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 15 15 15 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 28.3 Write 29.5 Mixed 28 SusWrite 14.7 19% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.8 207% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^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 13.1 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 64%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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