Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.6% 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	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '16 at 18:43
Run Duration	288 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 197 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 500 54% 428 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C1) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7557 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Lighting 49.6 Reflection 45.7 Parallax 40.4 40% 45.2 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 41.9 Splatting 36.8 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 256GB-$203 2,823 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6988 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1576 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 215 (AE) Unknown 100 100 153 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 45 236224184351 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 39536716120 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1244269602 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2336769887	63% Good	Read 264 Write 254 Mixed 260 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 29.1 92% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 66.4 81% 142 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 59GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116063208 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5997 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 96468873 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2040 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 41 159384797212 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 601 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52697 (C2) HDA temperature 28 59 -140737488355300 (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 62362925141033 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21786572318 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28626148295	56.1% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 98.7 Mixed 94.3 73% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.35 104% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 46GB free Firmware: MS2OA5R0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 76 (03) Spinup time 111 111 17193500877 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8964 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 17 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4149 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8998 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8998 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 231928954913 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 17 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	74.4% Very good	Read 149 Write 110 Mixed 128 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.15 71% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 9GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 98 40 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7367 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 8858036682 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3741 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BC) Unknown 100 1 21475164671 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 44 17667653661 (C2) HDA temperature 29 56 -140737488355299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 27 40 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 15 1619 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -68027986989991 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2507778948 (F2) Unknown 100 253 627586493	50.4% Above average	Read 91 Write 84.6 Mixed 73.5 62% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.44 88% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 88%
WD My Book 500GB 3,986 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 30GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 35.8 Mixed 9.77 32% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.38 80% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 22%
Intenso External USB-3.0 1TB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 30GB free, PID 1068 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 60.9 Write 61.4 Mixed 55.6 76% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.2 54% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 41%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 16GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 27.1 Mixed 15.5 30% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.35 62% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 21%

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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 34.7 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 13.5 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 121%

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	230x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	38x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	27x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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