Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% 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	96.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '23 at 08:56
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 588 63% 500 Pts	64-Core 827 51% 827 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 139F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 144 Parallax 146 119% 145 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 124 Splatting 111 112% 141 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$64 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 417 392 411 426 427 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 456 Mixed 396 SusWrite 415 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 39.4 128% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 254 194% 262 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 125%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 56GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 144 146 143 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 410 Write 163 Mixed 216 SusWrite 144 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 32.4 114% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 181 139% 192 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 88%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 247GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 112 116 113 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 147 Write 142 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 114 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.4 253% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 542GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 147 148 149 149 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 138 Write 104 Mixed 72.1 SusWrite 146 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: MN6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 122 123 122 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 125 Write 119 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 121 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1600C1 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C1 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.4% Excellent	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 30 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.4 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 98%

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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 $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	544x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	391x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	39x
MX500 1TBCrucial $64Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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