Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '20 at 14:22
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 634 72% 565 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.2% Average	Lighting 58.5 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 74.9 48% 66.6 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 50.3 Splatting 54.9 46% 57.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 64 71 72 69 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 492 Mixed 319 SusWrite 98 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 51.2 180% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 181 186% 303 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 871GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 115 117 116 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 115 Write 104 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 115 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 68%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 322GB free Firmware: 3B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 82 82 83 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 90.4 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 82.9 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 29.1 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 13.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 76%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $131	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