Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	113% 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 Drive	84.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '23 at 12:47
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 209 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 522 46% 392 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 139F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 143 Parallax 160 118% 149 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 124 Splatting 111 111% 140 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 377 368 395 399 401 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 445 Write 427 Mixed 387 SusWrite 381 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 32.9 105% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 219 169% 230 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 125%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 56GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 144 141 146 147 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 355 Write 156 Mixed 188 SusWrite 142 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 27.1 95% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 157 122% 170 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 88%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 183GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 108 112 116 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 110 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 536GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 146 147 148 147 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 151 Write 106 Mixed 68.9 SusWrite 145 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: MN6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 123 122 122 122 122 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 107 Write 125 Mixed 71 SusWrite 122 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 85%
Maxtor OneTouch 164GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 17GB free, PID 7000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 34.1 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 21.2 37% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 89% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 18%
ST340063 3A 400GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 32GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 33.2 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 18.2 37% 28 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 52% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1600C1 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C1 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 29.5 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 98%

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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	544x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	389x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	34x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16