Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	88.4% 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	50% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130829
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '20 at 01:05
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	91%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Memory 49.2 1-Core 36.2 2-Core 104 36% 63.2 Pts	4-Core 82.4 8-Core 78.5 11% 80.4 Pts	64-Core 71 4% 71 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3711) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 147 Parallax 106 89% 121 fps	MRender 155 Gravity 112 Splatting 69.3 87% 112 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 60 63 72 77 78 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50% Average	Read 279 Write 138 Mixed 188 SusWrite 70.8 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 34.5 4K Mixed 26.5 86% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 158 121% 165 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 61GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 101 96 91 84 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 287 Write 146 Mixed 207 SusWrite 90.2 40% 182 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 24.5 4K Mixed 19.2 72% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 108 93% 140 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 260GB free Firmware: AD14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 86 86 84 85 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 71.3 Write 8.9 Mixed 34.4 SusWrite 84.2 36% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 153 154 156 155 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 139 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 152 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML16GX3M2A1600C1 CML16GX3M2A1600C1 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16.1% Very poor	MC Read 6.1 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 4.7 16% 5.6 GB/s	SC Read 3 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 3.2 10% 3.47 GB/s	Latency 164 24% 164 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 80%

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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	544x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	386x
Core i7-4930KIntel $88Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

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	20x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16