Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 196% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 173% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	216% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	280% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '21 at 10:05
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 756 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 919 57% 919 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,148 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Asus(1043 87AF); Rog Strix CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	216% Outstanding	Lighting 320 Reflection 285 Parallax 354 260% 320 fps	MRender 359 Gravity 264 Splatting 190 212% 271 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 648GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1440 1197 1195 1205 1178 1146 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,504 Write 2233 Mixed 1,641 SusWrite 1,227 425% 1,901 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 75.5 244% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 754 DQ Write 538 DQ Mixed 699 508% 663 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 372%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 351GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 253 254 255 255 256 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	80.1% Excellent	Read 266 Write 255 Mixed 216 SusWrite 254 56% 248 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 39.5 147% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 195 148% 197 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 121%
ST16000NM001G-2KK103 16TB 1,705 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 11.5TB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 220 224 243 244 242 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 221 Write 216 Mixed 107 SusWrite 233 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 1.6 60% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 7.9 DQ Write 10.2 DQ Mixed 0.5 3% 6.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 45%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 179 180 180 179 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 101 Write 97 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 179 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M4X1600C9 CML16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4X1600C9 CML16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4X1600C9 CML16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4X1600C9 CML16GX3M4A1600C9 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 36.9 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 99%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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 $94Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

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