Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% 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 Drive30.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
MotherboardAsus P9X79 PRO  (all builds)
Memory28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 20 '18 at 11:01
Run Duration178 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Memory 83.5
1-Core 114
2-Core 228
80% 142 Pts
4-Core 453
8-Core 690
71% 572 Pts
64-Core 872
54% 872 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 158
Parallax 148
118% 150 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 139
Splatting 113
101% 124 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38
45GB free
Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
33.4% Below average
Read 179
Write 89.1
Mixed 106
27% 125 MB/s
4K Read 12.9
4K Write 39.5
4K Mixed 11
54% 21.1 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 93.7
DQ Mixed 26.7
41% 78.7 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 33.4%
Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
30.2% Below average
Read 172
Write 91.2
Mixed 97
26% 120 MB/s
4K Read 11.6
4K Write 30.5
4K Mixed 9.12
46% 17.1 MB/s
DQ Read 104
DQ Write 86.4
DQ Mixed 23.6
37% 71.4 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 30.2%
Great: 73%
Goodram C50 240GB
22GB free
Firmware: 06.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Read 506
Write 420
Mixed 440
101% 455 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 82.2
4K Mixed 10.5
96% 39.4 MB/s
DQ Read 142
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 28.5
62% 124 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
22GB free
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
89% Excellent
Read 168
Write 143
Mixed 134
111% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.46
4K Write 1.69
4K Mixed 0.26
80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 89%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
44% Average
MC Read 16.7
MC Write 14
MC Mixed 13.5
42% 14.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 15.5
SC Mixed 12.4
41% 14.3 GB/s
Latency 74.3
54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 44%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 PRO Builds (Compare 1,415 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $877
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