Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.2% 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	130% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '17 at 04:01
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 190 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 493 55% 435 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Gigabyte(1458 3542) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Lighting 38.2 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 44.3 31% 39.1 fps	MRender 47.8 Gravity 44.8 Splatting 35.4 34% 42.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 228GB 544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 924 Write 900 Mixed 902 203% 909 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 22.1 105% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 21.4 57% 111 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28953360 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1252 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 910887 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5734 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 787 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 56 538443808 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11749 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 47244640288 (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 63625645526259 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3918862750 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5264658429	86.7% Excellent	Read 171 Write 132 Mixed 133 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 222GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 103 (03) Spinup time 154 154 51568116213 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4002 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 112 112 39 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2619 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4897 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4898 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 279173595173 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	48.5% Average	Read 90.2 Write 78.9 Mixed 101 68% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 69%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 10GB free, PID a011 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	6.94% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 9.64 Mixed 12.5 17% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.24 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.008 27% 2.42 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.94% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 12.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 96%

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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 $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

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 $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 $178	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