Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.9% 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	241% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '20 at 04:54
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 637 67% 534 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2675) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	28.9% Poor	Lighting 32.9 Reflection 35.6 Parallax 41.9 27% 36.8 fps	MRender 48.7 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 36.3 33% 41.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 853GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1799 1502 1506 1512 1513 1513 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 1,794 Write 2,122 Mixed 1,772 SusWrite 1,558 409% 1,812 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 55.7 184% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 431 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 402 294% 387 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 347%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 662GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 150 152 152 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 224 Write 177 Mixed 140 SusWrite 151 128% 173 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.6 348% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 117%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 734GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 182 181 182 182 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 172 Mixed 109 SusWrite 181 124% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.7 355% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 327GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 143 144 144 144 144 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 143 Write 123 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 143 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 49.9 MC Write 49.3 MC Mixed 43.7 136% 47.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 14.7 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 121%

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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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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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