Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	54.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	15.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 03:40
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 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 (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 241 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 607 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 110 Parallax 94 84% 102 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 96.2 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 483GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 533 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 49 219044315170 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2760776795 (F7) Unknown 100 100 86334263 (F8) Unknown 100 100 20622889 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3600 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	52.9% Above average	Read 255 Write 178 Mixed 182 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 21.7 82% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 12.4 48% 106 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 104%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10565 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1119 (B1) Unknown 93 93 81 (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 60 53 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 507 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21598448475	54.9% Above average	Read 259 Write 179 Mixed 183 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 17.9 90% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 59.1 71% 125 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 82 128032500 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1698 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 4488 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 8877489529 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20873 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1258 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 5099 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770262545 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 504561694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 655 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 48 48 105546 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 51539607582 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 18288 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 18288 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -31997506339954 (F1) Unknown 100 253 123817530794070 (F2) Unknown 100 253 126772708273433	98.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 171 Mixed 138 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 113%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA330 1TB-$38 10,195 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 858GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 120 120 25790382395 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1001 (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 100 100 1804 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 243 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1019 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1019 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 171799412761 (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	69% Good	Read 120 Write 121 Mixed 120 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.36 96% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-8GBXL F3-10666CL9-8GBXL BLS8G3D1609DS1S00 20GB 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.1% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 11.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

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