Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130423
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '16 at 21:58
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (53^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-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 213 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 636 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 48.2 Reflection 47 Parallax 41.1 39% 45.4 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 42 Splatting 38 32% 39.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 136651384 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9520795 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1120 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 167506280487 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 4799660059 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23536 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 5063766443843 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15169903482348 (F2) Unknown 100 253 138272978002144	104% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 182 Mixed 156 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.41 114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 154 13400 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7495 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3029 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 754 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 102596 (C2) HDA temperature 120 104 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.8% Very good	Read 133 Write 114 Mixed 125 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.48 137% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 83%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 756GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 243677632 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 242 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 144630098 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1412 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 256 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 521535516 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 520 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 81604378652 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 135201275512832 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20047750920 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4494353004891	64.5% Good	Read 104 Write 122 Mixed 105 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.09 29% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 429GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 57977808 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5817 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9675786 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6904 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1284 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 72 5132564301950 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 64979468317 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 858 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35702 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 -140737488355299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -42795054134855 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11247044002 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41772364312	57.4% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 109 Mixed 97.1 75% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.15 49% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 419GB free Firmware: CCH4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 88.4 Write 87.9 Mixed 63.6 60% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.41 98% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 70%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 354GB free Firmware: SC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 230305864 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5136318 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2288 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 402 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 63 538181662 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 870 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 73014444062 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44.1% Average	Read 87.4 Write 66.4 Mixed 83.4 60% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.1 38% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 100%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 665GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 28.7 Mixed 29.4 38% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.52 4K Mixed 0.1 22% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 48.7 MC Write 47.9 MC Mixed 43.7 134% 46.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 121%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	106x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	81x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	9x

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Total price: $782

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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