Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '19 at 19:47
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 191 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 542 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% PwrHis(1787 2311) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.23% Terrible	Lighting 1.6 Reflection 1.58 Parallax 1.88 1% 1.68 fps	MRender 1.14 Gravity 1.67 Splatting 1.22 1% 1.34 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.23% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra II 500GB 3,299 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 88 84 86 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 329 Write 142 Mixed 170 SusWrite 85.1 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 18.7 67% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 139 109% 153 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 109%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 248GB free Firmware: SBFK61F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 89 92 93 96 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	26.4% Poor	Read 143 Write 89.5 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 91.6 23% 102 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 17.2 4K Mixed 11.5 40% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 50.5 DQ Write 73.4 DQ Mixed 73.3 52% 65.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 102%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3GB free Firmware: 503ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 394 Write 268 Mixed 272 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 26.8 90% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 156 149% 234 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 94%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 231 Write 158 Mixed 184 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 24.7 80% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 151 117% 161 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 87%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$69 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 199GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 394 405 401 408 409 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 460 Write 400 Mixed 289 SusWrite 404 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 27.2 100% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 278 227% 325 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 34.6 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 98%

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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%

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	384x
Core i7-4930KIntel $95Bench 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 $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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $896

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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