Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78% 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	35.8% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	43.9 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '23 at 17:18
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 636 62% 510 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.8% 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: 531.68 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 96.8 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 79% 103 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 89.2 76% 93.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct480bx5 0 480GB 896 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 84 91 91 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 360 Write 157 Mixed 52.6 SusWrite 85 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 0.8 44% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 41.5 DQ Mixed 3.4 28% 68.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 83%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 82 81 99 95 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 267 Write 116 Mixed 160 SusWrite 87.8 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 33.3 115% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 86.2 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 95.7 74% 99.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 73%
Samsung 870 Evo 250GB-$31 14,082 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 161GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 453 415 342 347 343 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 475 Mixed 444 SusWrite 393 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 52.6 171% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 128%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$35 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 164GB free Firmware: 111130WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1299 998 993 984 986 988 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,990 Write 1912 Mixed 1,673 SusWrite 1,042 371% 1,654 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 55.4 180% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 674 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 497 372% 504 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 956GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 96 91 90 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 160 Write 113 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 94.9 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.2% 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: 101 108 108 111 111 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 84 Write 109 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 108 132% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 194% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 60%
FUJITSU MHZ2250BH G2 250GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 38GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 54.4 Write 26.5 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 25.7 39% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 35% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMY16GX3M2C1866C1 CMY16GX3M2C1866C1 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 48GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 35.2 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 14 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.2% 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 $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 $80Bench 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 $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