Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive46.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 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)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20121005
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 07 '18 at 17:47
Run Duration92 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing below expectations (26th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
71% Very good
Memory 81.3
1-Core 98.2
2-Core 184
70% 121 Pts
4-Core 328
8-Core 493
51% 411 Pts
64-Core 486
30% 486 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 71%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
EVGA(3842 6798) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 116
Reflection 197
Parallax 221
95% 178 fps
MRender 134
Gravity 187
Splatting 134
123% 152 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 103%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210
431GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM0
Relative performance (0th percentile)
46.9% Average
Read 370
Write 163
Mixed 230
56% 254 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 32.2
4K Mixed 15.1
70% 23 MB/s
DQ Read 24
DQ Write 35.7
DQ Mixed 15.3
16% 25 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 46.9%
Great: 124%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
26.7% Poor
MC Read 8.9
MC Write 7.9
MC Mixed 8
24% 8.27 GB/s
SC Read 8.7
SC Write 10
SC Mixed 7.7
25% 8.8 GB/s
Latency 78.2
51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 26.7%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P9X79 PRO Builds (Compare 1,417 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $881
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HDDRAMUSB
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