Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '17 at 02:22
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 212 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 539 58% 459 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 102 Parallax 89 80% 96.6 fps	MRender 87.2 Gravity 89.8 Splatting 84 71% 87 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: M306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 294 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 907 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 300 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 300 (C2) HDA temperature 33 0 85902229537 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 38006 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5425 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14527 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 6146	65.7% Good	Read 477 Write 138 Mixed 99.8 51% 238 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 27.5 118% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 86.9 DQ Mixed 16.9 24% 42.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 102GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 142 3800 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 910 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3097 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 905 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 902 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 7 (C2) HDA temperature 109 102 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	53.7% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 94.1 Mixed 93.2 70% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 35.6 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	91x

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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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