Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.1% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 days ago, 4 days ago, 4 days ago, 2 days ago, 21 hrs ago, 20 hrs ago, 20 hrs ago, 20 hrs ago, 20 hrs ago, 20 hrs ago, 20 hrs ago, 20 hrs ago, 20 hrs ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 21:28
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$463 33,767 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 82.1 1-Core 65.5 2-Core 144 60% 97.3 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 720 72% 572 Pts	64-Core 895 60% 895 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$450 850,334 User benchmarks, average bench 106% Gigabyte(1458 377E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 149 Parallax 135 108% 139 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 148 Splatting 124 115% 130 fps
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$50 237,530 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 238 236 235 235 234 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.1% Good	Read 253 Write 240 Mixed 239 SusWrite 237 55% 242 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 31.7 105% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 197 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 129%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$106 72,492 User benchmarks, average bench 237% 834GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1525 831 835 839 837 842 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,555 Write 1,809 Mixed 1,423 SusWrite 951 323% 1,435 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 44.9 157% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 498 DQ Mixed 719 513% 661 MB/s
Poor: 177% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 272%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$63 380,719 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 28GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 125 153 134 151 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 53.3 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 145 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 115%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 64GB 1,662 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 32GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 25.6 Write 17 Mixed 20.4 SusWrite 18.1 26% 20.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.4 128% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 18,761 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 34.9 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 9.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 76%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Typical P9X79 PRO Builds (Compare 2,051 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

CPU
Core i7-3820Intel $300Bench 73%, 37,508 samples	751x
Core i7-3930KIntel $463Bench 77%, 33,767 samples	667x
Core i7-4930KIntel $399Bench 79%, 19,561 samples	131x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,119,893 samples	155x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,100,904 samples	149x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 677,318 samples	104x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 696,417 samples	102x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 115%, 375,788 samples	92x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $60Bench 106%, 592,209 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 55%, 24,191 samples	74x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 18,761 samples	48x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 436 samples	24x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $1,104

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $175	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $50
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $315	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16