Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.1% 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	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 14:09
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 93 2-Core 175 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 585 55% 456 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 138 Parallax 129 103% 131 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 123 Splatting 100 90% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 293GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 502 Write 402 Mixed 414 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 19.6 95% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33.2 DQ Write 57 DQ Mixed 60.8 42% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 134%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 149GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 494 Write 361 Mixed 440 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 12.5 65% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 95.5 DQ Mixed 12.9 49% 113 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 34.5 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 8.8 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 92%

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

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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	542x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	385x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	35x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	33x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples	19x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $896

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16