Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93% 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	68.3% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 11:54
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 678 71% 567 Pts	64-Core 876 54% 876 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 124 Parallax 97.4 93% 112 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 126 Splatting 107 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 310GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.3% Good	Read 272 Write 258 Mixed 264 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 28.2 110% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 58.3 77% 140 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 100%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 208GB free Firmware: 070H Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 499 Write 267 Mixed 347 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 5.73 83% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 5.85 33% 75.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 507GB free Firmware: CC4D Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 129 Mixed 140 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.46 122% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 112%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 486GB free Firmware: 1118 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 91 Write 93.5 Mixed 100 72% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMD8GX3M2A1600C9 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00 CMD8GX3M2A1600C9 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00 32GB 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 30.3 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns

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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	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