Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 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 10 '21 at 20:58
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 157 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 729 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 926 57% 926 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 377E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 149 Parallax 136 108% 139 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 149 Splatting 124 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 163 160 160 160 161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 345 Write 90.1 Mixed 188 SusWrite 162 43% 196 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 27.4 4K Mixed 21.6 73% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 145 114% 160 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 128%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 820GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1560 835 828 838 840 843 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,576 Write 1,615 Mixed 1,198 SusWrite 958 300% 1,337 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 42.8 149% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 493 DQ Mixed 719 512% 659 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 276%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 28GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 125 119 134 138 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 163 Write 125 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 141 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 114%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 64GB 3,373 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 32GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 26.8 Write 17 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 18.2 27% 20.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.4 124% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 35.8 110% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 8.4 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 77%

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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%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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