Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 155% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 135% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	196% 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	276% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	54.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '22 at 03:19
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 182 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 557 56% 456 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Asus(1043 87AF) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 5525 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	196% Outstanding	Lighting 272 Reflection 305 Parallax 344 222% 307 fps	MRender 364 Gravity 261 Splatting 193 214% 273 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 196% 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% 737GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1862 1932 1926 1985 2016 2000 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 1,546 Write 1,943 Mixed 1,603 SusWrite 1,954 399% 1,761 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 66.7 218% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 717 DQ Write 475 DQ Mixed 622 457% 605 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 365%
SSD 1TB 9,059 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 760GB free Firmware: SBFMKB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 29 27 30 29 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 348 Write 212 Mixed 371 SusWrite 51.5 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 24.6 101% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 158 139% 200 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 103%
Seagate ST8000VN004-2M2101 8TB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 6TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 235 236 240 241 240 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: 94 94 96 94 97 95 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 84.4 Write 82.2 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 94.9 58% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 66%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: MEAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 101 99 100 99 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 97.1 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 99.7 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 66%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 195GB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 65 66 66 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 87.1 Write 82.2 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 63.5 57% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.3% 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 (94^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 36.5 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 14.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 98%

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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