Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 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)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3780 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20130829
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 11 '19 at 09:20
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User TWN-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
79% Very good
Memory 90
1-Core 100
2-Core 198
75% 129 Pts
4-Core 372
8-Core 503
55% 438 Pts
64-Core 513
32% 513 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 79%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
62.9% Good
Lighting 79.4
Reflection 84.2
Parallax 82.5
65% 82 fps
MRender 79.5
Gravity 73.3
Splatting 67
59% 73.3 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 62.9%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 256GB-$79
124GB free
Firmware: LHF
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 97 93 89 93 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
68.4% Good
Read 362
Write 166
Mixed 220
SusWrite 93.5
46% 210 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 49
4K Mixed 40.3
130% 41.4 MB/s
DQ Read 207
DQ Write 124
DQ Mixed 151
116% 161 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 68.4%
Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
779GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC49
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 79 84 88 84 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
78.2% Very good
Read 189
Write 152
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 83.4
93% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CL11-13-13 D3-240 Kingston 99U5584-012.A00LF CL11-13-13 D3-240 Kingston 99U5584-012.A00LF 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
82.2% Excellent
MC Read 29.1
MC Write 34.6
MC Mixed 30.9
90% 31.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 13.9
SC Mixed 12.8
40% 14.1 GB/s
Latency 67.2
60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 80%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 89%

 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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