Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.6% 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	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '21 at 20:23
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 201 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 484 55% 432 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3606) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 39.8 Parallax 55.1 35% 45.9 fps	MRender 56.3 Gravity 52.4 Splatting 41.8 40% 50.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 92 97 97 96 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 368 Write 163 Mixed 206 SusWrite 92.2 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 34.4 114% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 132 106% 153 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 229GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 246 251 253 253 253 MB/s Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	84.7% Excellent	Read 262 Write 217 Mixed 220 SusWrite 243 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 48.2 162% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 176 138% 190 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 118%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB-$106 3,124 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 62GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 96 93 93 93 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 346 Write 156 Mixed 185 SusWrite 92 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 29.2 100% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 123 108% 166 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 748GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 113 114 113 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 112 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 68%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 241GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 118 118 118 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 115 Write 118 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 116 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.3 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 68%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 500GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 56 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 56.5 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 56 39% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 192% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 36%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 42.4 121% 42.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 14.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 109% 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 $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