Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.5% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '16 at 17:43
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 89.1 2-Core 178 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 491 50% 405 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2771) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 372.70 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 39.8 Parallax 52.4 36% 45.6 fps	MRender 54.2 Gravity 50.2 Splatting 37.3 38% 47.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 844 Write 223 Mixed 246 94% 438 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 14.7 122% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 44.9 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 17.3 42% 83.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 133%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 198 32 (03) Spinup time 209 175 4508 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 841 (05) Reallocated sector count 169 169 242 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 484 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 431 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 10 10 572741 (C2) HDA temperature 105 93 45 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 218 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 195 279 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 196 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 11	30.8% Below average	Read 48.7 Write 58.3 Mixed 46.4 38% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.14 66% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 34.1 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 12.3 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 77%

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

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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	544x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	388x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $81Bench 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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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16