Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '19 at 03:43
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 247 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 625 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2989) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Lighting 87.1 Reflection 89.4 Parallax 79.5 71% 85.3 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 70.9 63% 78.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ RevoDrive 3 PCIe 120GB-$100 560 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 64 63 65 64 63 MB/s Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.3% Above average	Read 274 Write 81 Mixed 124 SusWrite 64 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 25.8 98% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 96.5 DQ Mixed 88.2 74% 109 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 69%
Fujitsu SSD256GB 256GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 77GB free Firmware: 5.0.B SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 103 90 91 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 326 Write 164 Mixed 196 SusWrite 91.9 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 28 97% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 133 111% 164 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 89%
OCZ Trion 100 480GB-$139 1,753 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 131GB free Firmware: SAFM11.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 76 95 94 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 321 Write 107 Mixed 184 SusWrite 90.7 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 9.6 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 27.7 73% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 83.5 81% 130 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 19GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 67.6 Write 45.2 Mixed 44.8 SusWrite 74.3 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 15GB free Firmware: 3.AAF SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 66 67 72 62 66 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 84.7 Write 86.7 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 68.3 53% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 26.4 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.5 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 47.4 84% 47.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

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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	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 $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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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $896

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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