Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.7% 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	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '21 at 16:11
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 201 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 637 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 104 88% 108 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 105 Splatting 101 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 500GB 321 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 343 341 340 341 340 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 462 Mixed 445 SusWrite 343 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 66.2 200% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 367 276% 370 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 120%
Samsung 870 500GB 321 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 435GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 375 373 370 370 370 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 468 Mixed 443 SusWrite 374 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 57.6 199% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 189 154% 224 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 120%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 222GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 166 Write 158 Mixed 131 SusWrite 75.5 30% 133 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 21.9 74% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 154 116% 157 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 178 180 182 184 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 144 Mixed 77.9 SusWrite 180 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 78 77 78 77 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 76% Great: 136%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$48 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 188 190 186 187 186 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 3,407 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 21.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.3 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 71%

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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	543x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	386x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
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
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

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	20x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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