Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.5% 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	101% 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.

Very high background CPU (68%). 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	42.2 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	Sep 04 '23 at 22:37
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	68%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 85.3 2-Core 158 64% 108 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 493 46% 385 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.1% 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: 1533 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 112 Parallax 113 80% 108 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 86.3 76% 93.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 Evo 250GB-$44 14,082 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 337 316 315 308 292 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 335 Mixed 305 SusWrite 318 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 40.7 150% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 256 220% 326 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 128%
Ct480bx5 0 480GB 896 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 343GB free Firmware: M6CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 91 90 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 289 Write 138 Mixed 115 SusWrite 91.3 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 14.3 62% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 25 51% 103 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 83%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 71 69 64 64 71 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 214 Write 119 Mixed 162 SusWrite 69.1 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 31.6 118% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 85.3 DQ Write 94.2 DQ Mixed 95.1 70% 91.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 73%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$75 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 173GB free Firmware: 111130WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1273 975 978 979 995 983 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,588 Write 1,577 Mixed 1,276 SusWrite 1,031 307% 1,368 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 52.4 164% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 422 DQ Mixed 579 422% 555 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 952GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 88 88 89 92 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 159 Write 106 Mixed 72 SusWrite 88.4 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.9% 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: 105 111 110 109 108 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 131 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 109 141% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50.7% 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 41.5 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 37.7 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	240	24.1"	1920 1080	SAM100A LC27RG50

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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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Value: 66% - Good

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 $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