Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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 Drive	95.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 03:09
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	85%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 726 76% 611 Pts	64-Core 960 59% 960 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2677 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 156 Parallax 144 114% 147 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 139 Splatting 115 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 55 44 40 40 43 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 459 Mixed 354 SusWrite 75.2 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 52.6 179% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 226 208% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 118%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 99GB free Firmware: 3B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 42 57 55 56 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 48 Write 48.2 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 54 36% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 69%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 171 173 173 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 217 Mixed 99.2 SusWrite 174 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 442% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2000EL Series 4x4GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 48.1 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 44.3 120% 42 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 99%

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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