Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics99% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus P9X79 PRO  (all builds)
Memory24 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateJun 12 '21 at 22:25
Run Duration211 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing below expectations (25th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
69% Good
Memory 82.6
1-Core 97.3
2-Core 186
71% 122 Pts
4-Core 300
8-Core 468
47% 384 Pts
64-Core 490
30% 490 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 69%
Great: 80%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$279
Asus(1043 87F7) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 470.05
Performing below potential (38th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 116
Parallax 119
106% 121 fps
MRender 136
Gravity 101
Splatting 88.3
86% 108 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 99%
Great: 106%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 470.05
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
77.3% Very good
Lighting 95.3
Reflection 105
Parallax 95.1
78% 98.5 fps
MRender 93.4
Gravity 93.6
Splatting 93.7
77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41100RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 157 113 143 80 41 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
73.2% Very good
Read 467
Write 383
Mixed 160
SusWrite 126
63% 284 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 57
4K Mixed 32.8
106% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 392
DQ Write 220
DQ Mixed 120
139% 244 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 107%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
43GB free
Firmware: 520ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 156 188 182 168 176 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
70.5% Very good
Read 368
Write 282
Mixed 276
SusWrite 182
62% 277 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 58.1
4K Mixed 29.8
107% 37.7 MB/s
DQ Read 277
DQ Write 250
DQ Mixed 228
181% 251 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 85%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
38GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 234 232 240 236 238 MB/s
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
67.2% Good
Read 256
Write 243
Mixed 241
SusWrite 235
55% 244 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 45.3
4K Mixed 33.5
108% 35.3 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 197
148% 198 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 67.2%
Great: 129%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199
46GB free
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 233 231 239 233 186 MB/s
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
66.8% Good
Read 255
Write 241
Mixed 236
SusWrite 225
54% 239 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 43.4
4K Mixed 33.4
109% 35.1 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 192
DQ Mixed 181
141% 192 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 66.8%
Great: 126%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
122GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 67 67 68 69 68 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
41% Average
Read 75.7
Write 73.3
Mixed 50.7
SusWrite 66.7
49% 66.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 41%
Great: 83%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB
530GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 77 70 75 77 76 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
35.7% Below average
Read 48.7
Write 70.6
Mixed 54.5
SusWrite 74.6
46% 62.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 0.4
138% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 35.7%
Great: 63%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB
161GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 63 65 64 65 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
32.7% Below average
Read 49.4
Write 51.5
Mixed 55.4
SusWrite 63.4
41% 54.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 0.4
146% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 32.7%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
82.6% Excellent
MC Read 31.6
MC Write 34.1
MC Mixed 30.2
91% 32 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 14.1
SC Mixed 12.5
40% 14 GB/s
Latency 75.8
53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 PRO Builds (Compare 1,412 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $881
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HDDRAMUSB
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