Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	131% 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	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111003
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '20 at 20:03
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X-$265 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 189 69% 121 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 564 54% 448 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 3FF3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3973 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 178 Parallax 195 144% 183 fps	MRender 211 Gravity 161 Splatting 114 127% 162 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 86 83 84 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 113 Write 139 Mixed 146 SusWrite 84.8 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 28.6 4K Mixed 20.1 67% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 136 105% 145 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 66%
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 51GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 240 243 236 235 238 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.6% Good	Read 243 Write 233 Mixed 236 SusWrite 240 54% 238 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 33.6 106% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 198 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 588GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 96 93 91 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	54% Above average	Read 328 Write 151 Mixed 200 SusWrite 93.9 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 32.7 4K Mixed 27.4 89% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 155 119% 163 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 133%
SSI H/W RAID5 8TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0962 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 185 191 189 189 192 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	94.7% Outstanding	Read 140 Write 100 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 188 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 9.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 440% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 95%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 457GB free Firmware: 1AJ10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 133 133 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 120 Write 35.5 Mixed 69 SusWrite 133 66% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.2 224% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 29.6 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 13 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 84%

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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	547x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	392x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	100x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	39x
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	34x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples	20x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $154	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353