Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '18 at 05:26
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$100 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 792 80% 647 Pts	64-Core 961 60% 961 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 2686) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 29% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 667 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 179 249 282 293 270 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 293 Write 163 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 237 137% 189 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 430% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 221%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 922GB free Firmware: CV22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 101 101 101 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 95 Write 89.8 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 100 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1600C1 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C1 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 42.3 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 39.3 115% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 102%

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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 $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	544x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	389x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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