Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% 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.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '19 at 05:09
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 1,265 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 74.9 2-Core 145 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 548 53% 435 Pts	64-Core 1,221 76% 1,221 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 186 Parallax 194 118% 175 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 172 Splatting 128 116% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 911 503 505 497 494 500 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 428GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 445 448 447 443 446 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 404 Write 459 Mixed 335 SusWrite 426 92% 406 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 34.3 122% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 310 236% 319 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 110%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$190 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 1.5TB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1397 1395 1383 1383 1384 1415 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,500 Write 1,545 Mixed 1,071 SusWrite 1,393 310% 1,377 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 57.3 191% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 470 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 324 271% 393 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 282%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 386GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 136 139 140 140 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 124 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 139 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.3 257% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 80%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 151 155 156 156 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 142 Write 136 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 154 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 92%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 121 121 122 123 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 122 Write 122 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 119 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 88%
WD Elements 10B8 750GB 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 482GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 103 103 103 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 99.5 Write 102 Mixed 60 SusWrite 102 123% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 198 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 50.5 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 43.4 129% 45.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 9.9 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%

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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 $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 $90Bench 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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Total price: $877

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 $178	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