Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120618
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '19 at 06:37
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 178 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 533 52% 427 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.8% Good	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 86.2 Parallax 75.5 61% 78.8 fps	MRender 80.5 Gravity 75.7 Splatting 69.2 61% 75.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 47GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 113 118 90 102 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 462 Write 452 Mixed 392 SusWrite 143 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 42.9 146% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 354 264% 350 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 124%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 669GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 142 128 160 173 167 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 144 Write 160 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 149 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 1.6 318% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 257GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 142 141 140 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 156 Write 111 Mixed 74.1 SusWrite 140 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 188GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 74 74 74 76 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 121 Write 117 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 73.9 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 29.8 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 11.9 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 79%

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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 $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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