Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.61% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	43.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '21 at 05:48
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	ARM-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 191 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 678 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% AMD(1002 0000) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.72% Terrible	Lighting 2.2 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 2 2% 2.37 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 2 2% 1.93 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.72% Great: 2%
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gainward(10B0 0401) 1GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.61% Terrible	Lighting 8.9 Reflection 12.4 Parallax 8.3 7% 9.87 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 9.9 Splatting 8.9 8% 10.4 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.61% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 142 54 52 24 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 510 Write 445 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 82.9 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 8.1 4K Mixed 0.4 51% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 7 DQ Mixed 0.4 25% 66.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 127GB free Firmware: HPH4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 157 160 157 158 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 157 Write 151 Mixed 72 SusWrite 156 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL7-4GBRH Apacer 78.C1GET.B710C Kingston 9905471-011.A00LF 16GB 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.6% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 21.7 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $295	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