Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive24.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus P9X79 PRO  (all builds)
Memory5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120803
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 21 '20 at 06:31
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3960X-$265
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Memory 91.4
1-Core 113
2-Core 226
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 695
71% 574 Pts
64-Core 866
54% 866 Pts
Poor: 66%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200
CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
63.2% Good
Lighting 80.3
Reflection 79.8
Parallax 101
65% 87.1 fps
MRender 76
Gravity 79.3
Splatting 63.9
59% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 62%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB
147GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P1222A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 21 39 33 9.2 34 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
24.1% Poor
Read 346
Write 152
Mixed 158
SusWrite 29.7
38% 171 MB/s
4K Read 17.7
4K Write 7.9
4K Mixed 0.6
32% 8.73 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 24.1%
Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39
931GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 108 100 101 106 96 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
65.6% Good
Read 127
Write 111
Mixed 57.8
SusWrite 102
73% 99.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 65.6%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 8 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
27.7% Poor
MC Read 9.3
MC Write 7.8
MC Mixed 8
24% 8.37 GB/s
SC Read 9.2
SC Write 9.5
SC Mixed 7.7
25% 8.8 GB/s
Latency 65.1
61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 27.7%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 PRO Builds (Compare 1,414 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: 84% - Excellent Total price: $877
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