Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.5% 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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '19 at 11:36
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 528 61% 475 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 66.2 61% 72.7 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 73.5 59% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 366 323 213 90 225 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 375 Write 289 Mixed 370 SusWrite 262 73% 324 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 33.8 133% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 327 242% 320 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 99%
Marvell Raid VD 0 319GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 124GB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 120 120 121 120 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 96.2 Write 41 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 119 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 137%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 124 120 125 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 110 Write 113 Mixed 59 SusWrite 122 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 75%
Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 250GB-$30 3,183 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 158GB free Firmware: BBFOC39P SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 50.5 Write 53 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 55.6 34% 47 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 115% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 31%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400 2.5" 320GB-$35 9,368 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 180GB free Firmware: 0003LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 85 87 86 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 82.3 Write 83.2 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 85.6 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 50%
SABRENT 256GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 129GB free, PID 1561 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 233 232 235 230 229 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 220 Write 224 Mixed 200 SusWrite 230 300% 219 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 14.6 2,230% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 19.5 DQ Write 58.9 DQ Mixed 15.1 2,589% 31.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 336%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 36.8 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 121%

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

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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	384x
Core i7-4930KIntel $95Bench 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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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