Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '17 at 21:56
Run Duration	305 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (60^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-$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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 96 2-Core 186 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 602 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 102 Parallax 98.2 87% 102 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 87.6 76% 93.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st 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 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3389 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 234 (A8) Unknown 100 100 40 (AA) Unknown 100 100 233 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262157 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 19 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2157	37.6% Below average	Read 262 Write 182 Mixed 184 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 24.2 4K Mixed 7.82 52% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 24.2 DQ Mixed 7.9 10% 18 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 97%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6923 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 544 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 5640 (0A) Spinup retry count 110 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 366 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 82 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 550 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 180389412895 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 86 86 5637 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 219 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	96.7% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 169 Mixed 160 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 3.94 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.26 231% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 104%
TREK TDMINIG4 2GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 1208 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	6.18% Terrible	Read 19.3 Write 7.19 Mixed 1.41 9% 9.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.51 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 29% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.18% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 18.6 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.6 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 68%

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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	91x

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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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