Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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.
Processor	With 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	70.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	38.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '21 at 05:59
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 76.2 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 168 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 504 49% 404 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.2% Very good	Lighting 88.5 Reflection 85.3 Parallax 79.9 72% 84.6 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 76.4 Splatting 69 66% 83.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 240GB-$499 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 163 162 155 154 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 356 Write 232 Mixed 248 SusWrite 159 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 34.5 4K Mixed 21.3 73% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 230 180% 250 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 165GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 154 153 154 157 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 143 Write 110 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 154 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-050.A00LF 99U5471-050.A00LF 99U5471-050.A00LF 99U5471-050.A00LF Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 48GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.7% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 11 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 82%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 73: 8R 7G 12B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
73%	42%	65	294	225	60	23.8"	1536 864	DELD0D9 DELL P2419H

History: Score 59: 5R 6G 16B | Score 73: 8R 7G 12B

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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 $94Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16