Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.2% 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	92.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121225
Uptime	8.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '16 at 10:12
Run Duration	478 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 656 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Zotac(19DA 1203) 1.5GB CLim: 772 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 372.70 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Lighting 28.3 Reflection 42.8 Parallax 31.4 23% 34.2 fps	MRender 43.3 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 32.3 26% 32.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 625GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1810 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 802 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10245790436	92.5% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 417 Mixed 425 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 28.1 127% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 87.7 93% 156 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 133%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 56GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3643564 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -68917045224409 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2493 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 35 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3643564 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3643564 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3643564 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8565 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9435 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9435 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24386	59.5% Above average	Read 475 Write 250 Mixed 292 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 11.2 59% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 52.3 74% 133 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 91%
General USB Flash Disk 4GB 2,276 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.88% Terrible	Read 24.7 Write 9.37 Mixed 9.85 16% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.15 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 20% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.88% Great: 8%
Generic- SD/MMC 2GB 243 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.48% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 3.13 Mixed 5.44 8% 8.59 MB/s	4K Read 2.79 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.62 50% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.48% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,972 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 45.2 MC Write 43.7 MC Mixed 40.1 123% 43 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.8 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 106%

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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	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 $129Bench 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) $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