Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus P9X79 PRO  (all builds)
Memory27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateApr 09 '21 at 03:12
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3960X-$265
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88.8% Excellent
Memory 91.6
1-Core 110
2-Core 210
79% 137 Pts
4-Core 463
8-Core 753
74% 608 Pts
64-Core 927
57% 927 Pts
Poor: 66%
This bench: 88.8%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.92
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
106% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 143
Parallax 142
110% 140 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 140
Splatting 114
102% 126 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 106%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139
24GB free
Firmware: 400i
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 272 260 274 276 266 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
71.8% Very good
Read 386
Write 257
Mixed 267
SusWrite 266
66% 294 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 41.7
4K Mixed 27.2
90% 30.2 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 242
DQ Mixed 224
181% 256 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 95%
SABRENT 1TB
666GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RKT303.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1693 872 878 872 863 899 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249
574GB free
Firmware: MN6OA5C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 90 89 90 90 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
49.3% Average
Read 82.3
Write 92.4
Mixed 53.6
SusWrite 89.2
58% 79.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 49.3%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB
8 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
99.4% Outstanding
MC Read 41.2
MC Write 38.5
MC Mixed 36.6
111% 38.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 15.4
SC Mixed 14.3
45% 15.8 GB/s
Latency 64.8
62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 77%
This bench: 99.4%
Great: 99%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 PRO Builds (Compare 1,419 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: 84% - Excellent Total price: $877
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