Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.6% 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	32.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	43 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '23 at 22:53
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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 i7-3930K-$195 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 213 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 672 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.4% 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: 1543 MHz, MLim: 1857 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 112 Parallax 99.3 81% 103 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 90.7 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct480bx5 0 480GB 896 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 83 51 77 90 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 343 Write 145 Mixed 195 SusWrite 78 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 0.3 41% 11.6 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 14.9 DQ Mixed 0.3 21% 55.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 83%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$75 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 180GB free Firmware: 111130WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1220 966 979 985 986 986 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,936 Write 1,658 Mixed 1,542 SusWrite 1,021 345% 1,539 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 50.6 164% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 644 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 445 337% 462 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 297%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 91 88 92 88 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 260 Write 116 Mixed 158 SusWrite 88.8 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 31.7 107% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 86.8 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 90.3 72% 98.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 73%
Samsung 870 Evo 250GB-$44 14,082 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 162GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 460 416 344 345 348 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 448 Mixed 424 SusWrite 395 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 48.5 154% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 356 259% 340 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 956GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 90 107 95 89 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 171 Write 125 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 94 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 311 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2TB free, PID ab30 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 108 111 111 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 103 Mixed 77 SusWrite 109 132% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.6 173% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMY16GX3M2C1866C1 CMY16GX3M2C1866C1 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 48GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 33.6 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.3 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 112%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	39x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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