Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '18 at 16:58
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$95 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 254 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 784 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 954 59% 954 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2888) 3GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.4 Reflection 71.5 Parallax 99.5 61% 82.1 fps	MRender 82.2 Gravity 84.4 Splatting 53.4 58% 73.4 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 318 317 316 317 317 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 455 Mixed 381 SusWrite 332 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 52.1 170% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 37GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 77 74 84 82 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 64.6 Write 59.7 Mixed 62 SusWrite 81.2 50% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 64.7 Write 56.4 Mixed 50.5 43% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 76%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 18GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 173 176 173 177 179 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 155 Mixed 59.6 SusWrite 174 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1.5 337% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 213%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 63GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 91 92 91 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 110 Write 118 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 91.2 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 104%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 238GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 92 91 92 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 164 Write 149 Mixed 62.6 SusWrite 91.3 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,490 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 48.6 MC Write 45.6 MC Mixed 44.7 132% 46.3 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 102%

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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	542x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	384x
Core i7-4930KIntel $95Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	90x

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 $109Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $896

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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