Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	78.6% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '16 at 09:37
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (43^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 95.8 2-Core 187 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 588 58% 475 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 150 Parallax 145 106% 142 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 143 Splatting 111 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17395 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 744 (E8) Unknown 100 100 36445031157 (E9) Unknown 94 0 94	78.6% Very good	Read 435 Write 377 Mixed 389 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 23.4 92% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 15.3 70% 157 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 958GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174395880 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2503 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15516404 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 390 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 56 336592916 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19945 (C2) HDA temperature 20 44 17179869204 (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 22625887719847 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14679225053 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49915522354	64.1% Good	Read 111 Write 113 Mixed 92.4 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 96%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 812GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 191 0 (03) Spinup time 100 89 7975 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5889 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 2 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23574 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5768 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 936 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 402620 (C2) HDA temperature 124 86 23 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 192 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 13 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.7% Below average	Read 54.4 Write 52.4 Mixed 65.1 44% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.11 46% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 295GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172857968 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5606 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11218639 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 796 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 79 60 223691603989 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30195 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 -140737488355307 (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 5085241282923 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5611652227 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10711914642	97% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 158 Mixed 148 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.29 82% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,752 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 822GB free, PID b207 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 26.1 Mixed 20 31% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,409 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 30.5 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 104%

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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	388x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $81Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16