Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.3% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '21 at 00:03
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 1,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 191 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 669 61% 512 Pts	64-Core 944 58% 944 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.6% Very good	Lighting 84.5 Reflection 99.5 Parallax 93 69% 92.3 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 88.9 Splatting 90 74% 90.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 270 150 255 257 251 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 479 Write 451 Mixed 375 SusWrite 259 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 35.2 124% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 195 186% 290 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 101%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 138 138 140 138 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 132 Write 125 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 138 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 84%
iOS devi FLASH DRIVE 134GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 125GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 9.9 12 9.3 11 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	5.65% Terrible	Read 15.2 Write 1.7 Mixed 5 SusWrite 10.7 10% 8.15 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.65% Great: 26%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 867GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 30.3 Write 23.7 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 21 32% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C9-8GBXH F3-2133C9-8GBXH 8GBH2X04E99927-15 8GBH2X04E99927-15 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 31.3 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 12 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

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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%

Battleship

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	90x

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 $129Bench 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