Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.2% 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	55.5% 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.

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	12.3 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 12 '21 at 17:31
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 53.9 2-Core 154 60% 99.1 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 703 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 919 57% 919 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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: 2176 MHz, MLim: 2582 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.2% Below average	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 143 Parallax 135 0% 93.1 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 148 Splatting 123 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 36.2% 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: 160 162 160 158 159 159 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 344 Write 151 Mixed 208 SusWrite 160 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 25 78% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 156 119% 163 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 128%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 834GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1483 823 828 826 836 835 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,571 Write 1,725 Mixed 1427 SusWrite 938 319% 1,415 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 44.6 154% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 769 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 724 520% 673 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 276%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$48 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 28GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 126 119 131 135 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 148 Write 151 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 136 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 114%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 64GB 3,373 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 32GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 26.7 Write 18.5 Mixed 20.4 SusWrite 18 27% 20.9 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.5 127% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.3% 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)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 35.6 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 9.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 96.5% 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 $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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16