Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.6% 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	60.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	49.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120410
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '17 at 19:37
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 76.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 206 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 596 57% 473 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 96 90% 107 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 193GB free Firmware: 010G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^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 21576 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 78 78 681 (AE) Unknown 100 100 164 (B5) Unknown 100 100 25907319083779 (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 87 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 262 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 78 78 22 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	59.6% Above average	Read 480 Write 218 Mixed 332 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 5.84 79% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 6.13 35% 80.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 74%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3556 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 93 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (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 69 64 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27949197503	60.6% Good	Read 365 Write 135 Mixed 188 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 30 103% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 95.5 DQ Mixed 56.9 62% 107 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 134%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 177 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 211 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16277 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 195 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35688 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	50.4% Above average	Read 88.3 Write 87.4 Mixed 76.6 63% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.24 72% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 83%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 273GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 3 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 117 (03) Spinup time 118 118 38686622181 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8459 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 56539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1480 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10547 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10547 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 210454315049 (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 200 200 0	46.7% Average	Read 80.7 Write 82.1 Mixed 62.8 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.12 50% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 61%
Maxtor 6B300S0 300GB 497 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 105GB free Firmware: BANC1B70 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 185 143 26448 (04) Start/Stop count 248 248 10907 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 199 545 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 251 238 64116 (09) Power-on hours count 103 103 45054 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 205 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 245 245 3328 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 253 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 251 17650 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 2174 (C5) Current pending sector count 201 200 535 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 5774 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 123 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 207 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 239 239 174 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0	25.9% Poor	Read 44.7 Write 44.8 Mixed 44.4 34% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.34 109% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 36%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 2322 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 115 Write 91.2 Mixed 102 129% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.29 66% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 52%
WD 5000AAJ External 500GB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 236GB free, PID 1001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 28.1 Mixed 20.1 33% 26.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.3 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C10 8x8GB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 29.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 11.7 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 86.6 46% 86.6 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 98%

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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 $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 $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