Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.7% 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	109% 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	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.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	43 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	Apr 15 '23 at 15:45
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 104 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 672 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.7% 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: 1538 MHz, MLim: 1837 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.61 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 112 Parallax 100 81% 104 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 90.7 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 Evo 250GB-$31 14,082 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 429 355 343 345 348 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 434 Mixed 424 SusWrite 376 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 50.1 162% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 128%
Ct480bx5 0 480GB 896 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 156GB free Firmware: M6CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 89 91 90 91 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 335 Write 147 Mixed 196 SusWrite 79.8 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 0.3 53% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 14 DQ Mixed 0.3 23% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 83%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 86 97 95 90 98 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 287 Write 115 Mixed 163 SusWrite 90.2 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 27.9 109% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 86.8 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 99 76% 102 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 73%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$35 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 181GB free Firmware: 111130WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1303 984 986 985 986 996 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,956 Write 1,831 Mixed 1,611 SusWrite 1,040 361% 1,610 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 51.5 169% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 477 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 425 310% 407 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 956GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 88 88 89 91 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 170 Write 110 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 97.6 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.7% 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: 103 108 108 111 111 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 102 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 108 128% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 184% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 60%

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	102% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 38.4 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.4 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

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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	388x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $68Bench 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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Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16