Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics8.27% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive48.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardAsus P9X79 PRO  (all builds)
Memory14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20111003
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 02 '18 at 20:43
Run Duration275 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing below expectations (40th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3930K
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
87.1% Excellent
Memory 90.1
1-Core 113
2-Core 225
81% 143 Pts
4-Core 452
8-Core 738
73% 595 Pts
64-Core 873
54% 873 Pts
Poor: 66%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92
Device(0000 0000) 2GB
CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1
Relative performance (0th percentile)
8.27% Terrible
Lighting 9.67
Reflection 11.3
Parallax 8.09
8% 9.68 fps
MRender 12.8
Gravity 9.87
Splatting 10.7
9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 16%
This bench: 8.27%
Great: 19%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
187GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
48.6% Average
Read 359
Write 118
Mixed 144
45% 207 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 25.2
4K Mixed 15.5
73% 22.4 MB/s
DQ Read 155
DQ Write 79.8
DQ Mixed 50.2
55% 95.2 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 48.6%
Great: 118%
Generic Mass-Storage 8GB
4GB free, PID null
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
5.75% Terrible
Read 18.1
Write 4.32
Mixed 6.88
10% 9.75 MB/s
4K Read 4.44
4K Write 0.37
4K Mixed 0.69
52% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 5.75%
Great: 10%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
29.1% Poor
MC Read 10.1
MC Write 8.1
MC Mixed 8.4
25% 8.87 GB/s
SC Read 10
SC Write 10.5
SC Mixed 9
28% 9.83 GB/s
Latency 67
60% 67 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 29.1%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 PRO Builds (Compare 1,409 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: 81% - Excellent Total price: $896
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