Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.8% 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	49.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '23 at 08:41
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 167 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 415 44% 349 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 86F0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 106 Parallax 108 90% 108 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 100 Splatting 92 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G3SA754D117-483 120GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 163 140 137 142 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 403 Write 305 Mixed 301 SusWrite 150 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 28.4 76% 19.7 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 98%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$113 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 91GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 179 57 56 55 56 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.1% Good	Read 225 Write 84.7 Mixed 169 SusWrite 99.3 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 38.3 118% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 198 149% 198 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 438GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 99 99 100 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 87.5 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 99.5 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 109%
Samsung HD105SI 1TB 5,813 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 230GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 89 89 86 92 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 133 Write 38.2 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 89.4 58% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 266 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 32.5 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 125%

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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%

Battleship

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	389x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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