Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	42 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '22 at 09:13
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 633 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 874 54% 874 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 527.37 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 110 Parallax 100 79% 102 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 95 Splatting 85.7 74% 91.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct480bx5 0 480GB 896 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 292GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 78 84 85 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 350 Write 146 Mixed 194 SusWrite 81.3 42% 193 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 16.2 73% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 25.6 46% 92.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 83%
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2GB free Firmware: 00RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 475 Write 232 Mixed 201 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 17.3 70% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 82 DQ Mixed 42.1 47% 80.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 55%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$35 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 246GB free Firmware: 111130WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1201 966 955 972 981 980 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,831 Write 1,550 Mixed 1,452 SusWrite 1009 328% 1,461 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 50.2 168% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 724 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 515 388% 529 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 297%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 90 89 97 93 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 269 Write 120 Mixed 176 SusWrite 91 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 32.4 108% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 87 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 93.7 73% 99 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 90 89 89 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 14.9 Write 69.4 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 89.3 36% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.2 57% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 30 30 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 29.1 Write 29.3 Mixed 23.6 SusWrite 29.3 21% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMY16GX3M2C1866C1 CMY16GX3M2C1866C1 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 48GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.2% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 28.9 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 112%

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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	544x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	390x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	34x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples	20x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16