Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive35.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus P9X79 PRO  (all builds)
Memory10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120803
Uptime2.8 Days
Run DateNov 17 '20 at 17:14
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
73.8% Very good
Memory 88.7
1-Core 97
2-Core 171
71% 119 Pts
4-Core 319
8-Core 475
49% 397 Pts
64-Core 478
30% 478 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$389
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
127% Outstanding
Lighting 176
Reflection 165
Parallax 180
143% 174 fps
MRender 184
Gravity 149
Splatting 108
116% 147 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 127%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 135 130 106 122 156 MB/s
Performing below potential (0th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
35.7% Below average
Read 143
Write 96.5
Mixed 149
SusWrite 132
29% 130 MB/s
4K Read 11.9
4K Write 27.1
4K Mixed 18.2
56% 19.1 MB/s
DQ Read 142
DQ Write 50.3
DQ Mixed 66
57% 86.2 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 35.7%
Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67
2TB free
Firmware: CC4B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 165 165 171 168 169 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 130
Mixed 86.2
SusWrite 167
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 103%
Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 173 174 177 177 178 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 142
Mixed 74.2
SusWrite 176
104% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 102%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
76.7% Very good
MC Read 28.5
MC Write 31.1
MC Mixed 28.2
84% 29.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 13.9
SC Mixed 12.1
39% 13.5 GB/s
Latency 68.8
58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 76.7%
Great: 77%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 PRO Builds (Compare 1,419 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $881
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HDDRAMUSB
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