Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (55%). 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	11.6 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 17:38
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 709 65% 542 Pts	64-Core 887 55% 887 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.9% 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 (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 149 Parallax 135 110% 140 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 148 Splatting 124 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 343 Write 151 Mixed 206 51% 233 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 27.6 4K Mixed 24 81% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 152 117% 161 MB/s
Poor: 75% 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 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 1533 Write 1,809 Mixed 1441 357% 1,594 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 54.9 192% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 513 DQ Mixed 696 506% 663 MB/s
Poor: 164% Great: 276%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 28GB free Firmware: CC26 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 166 Write 105 Mixed 73.7 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 64GB 3,373 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 32GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 27.1 Write 15.7 Mixed 20.4 25% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.4 132% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% 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)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 33.8 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 77%

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

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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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