Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 169% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 148% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	200% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	281% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	58.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '21 at 20:06
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 200 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 676 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% MSI(1462 3881) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	200% Outstanding	Lighting 296 Reflection 280 Parallax 337 241% 304 fps	MRender 315 Gravity 241 Splatting 182 194% 246 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 837GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1858 1923 1939 1969 1985 1944 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 1,553 Write 1,744 Mixed 1,645 SusWrite 1,936 389% 1,720 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 71.5 231% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 771 DQ Write 514 DQ Mixed 683 499% 656 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 365%
SSD 1TB 9,059 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 779GB free Firmware: SBFMKB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 444 446 446 449 444 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 241 Write 103 Mixed 90.9 SusWrite 444 50% 220 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 9.4 45% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 9.7 DQ Write 12.6 DQ Mixed 10.7 8% 11 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 103%
Seagate ST8000VN004-2M2101 8TB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 7TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 250 251 251 251 250 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 18% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: MEAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 95 96 95 97 96 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 88.3 Write 87.9 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 94.8 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 66%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: MEAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 101 101 100 100 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	55% Above average	Read 92 Write 92.8 Mixed 54 SusWrite 99.7 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 66%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 195GB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 65 64 65 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 83.9 Write 77.6 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 64.1 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 8x8GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 36.6 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	27"	1280 720	AOC2757 2757

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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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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