Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	127% 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	85.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '21 at 20:46
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 81 1-Core 109 2-Core 215 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 603 52% 447 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 282 Parallax 183 142% 213 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 181 Splatting 124 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 243GB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 335 337 334 212 188 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 811 Write 361 Mixed 342 SusWrite 287 99% 450 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 15.8 89% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 48 82% 159 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 145%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 377GB free Firmware: RVQ0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 154 145 164 155 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 361 Write 136 Mixed 126 SusWrite 154 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 27.8 87% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 161 122% 167 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 122%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1TB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 252 252 254 254 253 MB/s Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	78.5% Very good	Read 254 Write 244 Mixed 230 SusWrite 251 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 43 141% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 198 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 122%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 29.1 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.4 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Battleship

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