Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '21 at 01:17
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 77.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 222 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 534 56% 452 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 141 Parallax 128 106% 133 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 136 Splatting 120 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 360 Write 297 Mixed 237 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 31.6 120% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 199 175% 262 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 98%
Apacer AS340 240GB 10,970 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 45GB free Firmware: AP612PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 211 61 60 75 73 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.2% Average	Read 250 Write 219 Mixed 219 SusWrite 118 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 1.1 69% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 66.5 DQ Mixed 115 88% 122 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 95%
Seagate ST9320325ASG 320GB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 38GB free Firmware: 0008APM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 49 50 50 50 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 55.2 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 49.6 37% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 40%
Seagate OneTouch SSD 500GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 28GB free, PID ab13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 179 178 176 81 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 256 Write 174 Mixed 210 SusWrite 145 255% 196 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 24.5 2,502% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 57.6 DQ Mixed 28.4 3,016% 36.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 175%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 354GB free, PID 25a1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 61 60 61 60 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 61.8 102% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.5 125% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1333KLH-8G 2x8GB 882 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 14.6 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 9.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 85.2 47% 85.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 53%

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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	11	9	60	65"	1280 720	PHL0000 Philips FTV

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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 $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	91x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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