Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.97% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	58.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1400 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '19 at 22:38
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 90.6 2-Core 176 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 522 53% 431 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 304A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.97% Terrible	Lighting 1.13 Reflection 1.35 Parallax 1.5 1% 1.33 fps	MRender 1.48 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 1.52 1% 1.27 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.97% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 876GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 234 234 238 236 237 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	75.7% Very good	Read 250 Write 236 Mixed 230 SusWrite 235 54% 238 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 41.5 136% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 199 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 261GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 133 137 136 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 308 Write 152 Mixed 142 SusWrite 135 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 22.1 81% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 56.7 70% 126 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 89%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 87GB free Firmware: DXM04B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 422 422 428 424 426 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 420 Mixed 307 SusWrite 423 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 37.8 133% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 150 166% 281 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 116%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 35GB free Firmware: DXM04B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 381 381 387 383 386 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 463 Mixed 324 SusWrite 382 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 36 131% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 149 166% 281 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C10 8x8GB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.2% Very good	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 28.6 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.3 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 98%

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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%

Battleship

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 $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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