Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	160% 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 8 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.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '18 at 18:43
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	59%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 95.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 188 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 453 49% 388 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 69.4 62% 75.1 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 75.1 61% 73.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 776 671 546 552 622 683 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1,126 Write 445 Mixed 536 SusWrite 642 152% 687 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 40.6 159% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 996 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 361 333% 534 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 243%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 71GB free Firmware: C4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 126 112 110 113 102 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.8% Below average	Read 281 Write 182 Mixed 198 SusWrite 120 44% 195 MB/s	4K Read 9.5 4K Write 11 4K Mixed 9.1 32% 9.87 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 143 121% 174 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 154 153 159 154 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 158 Write 122 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 154 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 147 152 147 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 160 Write 111 Mixed 75 SusWrite 148 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 96%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 3TB free Firmware: MEAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 106 112 107 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 108 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 66%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1.5TB free Firmware: AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 96 84 86 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 105 Write 108 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 88.4 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 128 129 128 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 122 Write 102 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 129 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 43.4 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.8 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 91%

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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	385x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	91x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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