Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	62.7% 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	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '17 at 07:20
Run Duration	330 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 664 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 147 Parallax 140 113% 142 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (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 100 100 799 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 201 (A3) Unknown 100 100 19 (94) Unknown 100 100 209947 (95) Unknown 100 100 2037 (96) Unknown 100 100 1908 (97) Unknown 100 100 2018 (A4) Unknown 100 100 42212 (A5) Unknown 100 100 85 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 0 0 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 42 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 1	62.7% Good	Read 387 Write 259 Mixed 245 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 13.1 85% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 13.1 47% 105 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186286280 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2822 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5731582 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13729 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 520 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 94 94 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 470876186 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9797 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 55834574874 (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 -109891033234459 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5088121421 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6143973842	59.2% Above average	Read 113 Write 93.3 Mixed 97.5 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 527GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193624546 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1835 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1761963 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 547 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 55837130843 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 49 470941721 (C2) HDA temperature 25 51 60129542169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 25 193624546 (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 -98208722187329 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2465645695 (F2) Unknown 100 253 661292869
Poor: 34% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 126GB free Firmware: KC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98101808 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3998 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40452409 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8775 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3511 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 145 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 50 43420614682 (C2) HDA temperature 26 50 -140737488355302 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 27 98101808 (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 17991618011704 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3299231043 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32255543	69.2% Good	Read 122 Write 119 Mixed 110 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.84 138% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 36.3 112% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 87%

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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