Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77% 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	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	38.4 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 20:01
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 75.3 1-Core 81.9 2-Core 160 62% 106 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 430 42% 347 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.1% 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: 388.13 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 105 Parallax 98.4 79% 100 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 97 Splatting 80.1 73% 90.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Marvell Raid VD 0 960GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 356GB free (System drive) Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	45.2% Average	Read 387 Write 150 Mixed 211 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 13.1 4K Mixed 15 51% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 56.6 56% 90 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 114%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 128GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 26 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10631 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3272 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 141 (AE) Unknown 100 100 150 (B5) Unknown 100 100 23905906724522 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 13399 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 86 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 42433 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	57.1% Above average	Read 487 Write 250 Mixed 329 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 4.86 62% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 5.86 34% 78.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 74%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 8TB 685 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 188 Write 117 Mixed 141 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 9.29 4K Write 3.52 4K Mixed 0.74 534% 4.52 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 173%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 3TB 2,213 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 75.7 Mixed 50.4 46% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.15 72% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 105%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2TB free, PID 3322 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 172 Write 124 Mixed 85.5 150% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 7.11 4K Mixed 0.12 250% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-19200C11-4GBZH F3-2400C10-8GTX F3-19200C11-4GBZH F3-2400C10-8GTX F3-19200C11-4GBZH F3-2400C10-8GTX F3-19200C11-4GBZH F3-2400C10-8GTX 48GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.5% Very good	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 27.8 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 10.9 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 89.6 45% 89.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

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 $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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $942

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	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) $39	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