Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	182% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '18 at 22:47
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 521 52% 424 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4999) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 107 90% 111 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 84 76% 93.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1349 300 297 298 297 299 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,900 Write 1,477 Mixed 575 SusWrite 473 245% 1,106 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 53.2 179% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 506 DQ Write 454 DQ Mixed 472 356% 477 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 236%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 44GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 157 159 159 157 159 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 347 Write 155 Mixed 189 SusWrite 152 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 27.7 94% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 53.3 72% 133 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 111%
Multiple Card Reader 8GB 1,430 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 2GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 10 10 10 9.5 10 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	5.72% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 6.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 9.8 12% 9.75 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.72% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-444.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-444.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 33.2 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

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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 $100Bench 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 $129Bench 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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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