Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	11.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '20 at 08:10
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 78.6 1-Core 78.5 2-Core 170 63% 109 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 504 52% 418 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 107 Reflection 130 Parallax 153 87% 130 fps	MRender 164 Gravity 118 Splatting 100 101% 127 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 264 152 126 106 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 397 Write 379 Mixed 282 SusWrite 179 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 29.4 100% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 309 236% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 80GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 290 285 284 286 271 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 422 Write 421 Mixed 292 SusWrite 294 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 28.3 117% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 351 263% 351 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 202GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1223 880 862 856 866 851 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,925 Write 1,583 Mixed 1,480 SusWrite 923 331% 1,478 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 56.9 176% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 507 DQ Write 377 DQ Mixed 479 348% 455 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 340%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 935GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 72 71 69 72 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 84.9 Write 84.6 Mixed 48 SusWrite 70.7 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX1600C10D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX1600C10D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX 48GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.7% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 20.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%

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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	385x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	91x

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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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