Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.5% 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	99.7% 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

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 @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '23 at 12:23
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 (92^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 106 2-Core 222 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 661 64% 529 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.3% 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: 1847 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.68 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 114 Parallax 105 82% 106 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 91.5 78% 96.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 Evo 250GB-$44 14,082 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 371 370 369 370 370 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 436 Mixed 336 SusWrite 369 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 38.2 134% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 270 226% 327 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 128%
Ct480bx5 0 480GB 896 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 348GB free Firmware: M6CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 91 91 90 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 352 Write 160 Mixed 19.6 SusWrite 86.5 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 14.7 4K Mixed 0.3 41% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 16 DQ Mixed 0.4 24% 62.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 83%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 88 78 93 92 86 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 261 Write 116 Mixed 158 SusWrite 86.7 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 32.8 113% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 86 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 92.9 73% 98.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 73%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$75 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 164GB free Firmware: 111130WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1301 997 991 986 986 984 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,985 Write 1,939 Mixed 1,662 SusWrite 1,041 372% 1,656 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 52.5 171% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 468 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 430 313% 410 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 956GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 89 90 90 90 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 172 Write 120 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 92.7 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: 75.9% 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: 103 108 108 110 111 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 84.4 Write 93.9 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 108 129% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 193% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.3% 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	108% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 39.4 122% 42.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 14 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% 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 $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 $140Bench 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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Total price: $942

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 $550	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