Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics8.96% 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 Drive42.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus P9X79 PRO  (all builds)
Memory7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120803
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateMay 04 '17 at 20:50
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User ITA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
76% Very good
Memory 89.6
1-Core 97.2
2-Core 192
74% 126 Pts
4-Core 339
8-Core 476
51% 408 Pts
64-Core 481
30% 481 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 76%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112
Zotac(19DA 2263) 2GB
CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
8.96% Terrible
Lighting 9.87
Reflection 9.54
Parallax 11.9
8% 10.4 fps
MRender 13.8
Gravity 12.3
Splatting 13.3
11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 8.96%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
42.4% Average
Read 320
Write 155
Mixed 215
51% 230 MB/s
4K Read 16.7
4K Write 29.5
4K Mixed 15.9
61% 20.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1.94
DQ Write 57.6
DQ Mixed 0.96
9% 20.2 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 42.4%
Great: 76%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64
627GB free
Firmware: 1A01
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Read 159
Write 146
Mixed 141
112% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.75
4K Write 2.56
4K Mixed 0.22
103% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
83.4% Excellent
MC Read 31.3
MC Write 34.5
MC Mixed 30.4
92% 32.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 13.9
SC Mixed 13.1
40% 14.1 GB/s
Latency 67.7
59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 83.4%
Great: 77%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 PRO Builds (Compare 1,410 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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