Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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.
Boot Drive	56.2% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '21 at 03:39
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 242 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 615 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.9% 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: 497.09 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 189 Parallax 138 110% 154 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 144 Splatting 127 107% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% 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 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 118 112 113 100 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 320 Write 160 Mixed 151 SusWrite 108 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 25.5 92% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 152 122% 175 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 98%
Apacer AS340 240GB 10,970 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 42GB free Firmware: AP612PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 186 66 32 82 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 477 Write 380 Mixed 283 SusWrite 135 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 32.6 87% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 161 147% 222 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 95%
Seagate ST9320325ASG 320GB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 38GB free Firmware: 0008APM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 48 50 50 50 50 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 56.1 Write 56.2 Mixed 36.1 SusWrite 49.3 36% 49.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 40%
ADATA ED600 1TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 845GB free, PID a76a SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 125 142 124 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 250 Mixed 183 SusWrite 128 251% 178 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 35.7 2,928% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 55.5 DQ Mixed 40.1 3,370% 42.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 127%
Seagate OneTouch SSD 500GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 206GB free, PID ab13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 120 95 122 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 150 Mixed 161 SusWrite 114 206% 160 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 20.6 2,036% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 18.8 DQ Write 42 DQ Mixed 23.6 2,301% 28.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 175%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 142GB free, PID 25a1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 61 62 61 61 62 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 62.1 Write 65.4 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 62.3 78% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.7 159% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BD160B.M1 2x8GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 20.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 13.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 58%

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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	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 $133	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