Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	39.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '24 at 19:01
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way below expectations (20^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 90.8 2-Core 174 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 515 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 187 Parallax 179 141% 179 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 180 Splatting 126 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 35 33 32 34 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 462 Write 25.3 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 36.9 30% 142 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 16 4K Mixed 12.2 50% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 42.1 DQ Mixed 41.6 40% 66.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 85%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 45GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 377 376 380 381 383 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 432 Mixed 391 SusWrite 379 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 35.6 120% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 302 232% 316 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 96GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 229 226 229 217 218 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	70.9% Very good	Read 246 Write 241 Mixed 238 SusWrite 224 54% 238 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 37.9 123% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 198 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 93GB free Firmware: DXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 88 84 89 88 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 324 Write 143 Mixed 193 SusWrite 89.3 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 29.1 4K Mixed 24.4 79% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 116 95% 136 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 95GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 228 220 203 197 195 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.9% Good	Read 252 Write 241 Mixed 230 SusWrite 212 53% 234 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 33.5 109% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 198 149% 198 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 134%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$104 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 874GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 228 226 229 229 229 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	72.4% Very good	Read 251 Write 240 Mixed 239 SusWrite 228 54% 239 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 39.3 126% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 197 148% 198 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 33.6 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 99%

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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	43	6	60	26.9"	2560 1377	BNQ7F9D BenQ SW271C

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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 $74Bench 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