Asus P9X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	77.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	59.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 21:15
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 734 70% 575 Pts	64-Core 885 55% 885 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 4000 8,609 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 0780) 2GB CLim: 475 MHz, MLim: 702 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 377.11 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 475GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,401 Write 1,484 Mixed 1,393 319% 1,426 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 53.5 216% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 809 DQ Write 415 DQ Mixed 253 284% 492 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5895 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2273 (B1) Unknown 91 91 305 (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 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 62 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2271 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25865696211	77.5% Very good	Read 513 Write 160 Mixed 279 69% 317 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 24.8 119% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 75 106% 202 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 882GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118448752 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 4302457946 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6772 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2256 (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 74 57 437452826 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2256 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59181 (C2) HDA temperature 26 43 68719476762 (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 28398323767272 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6501229844 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21085625289	73.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 126 Mixed 142 101% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 2,465 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 5GB free, PID 2320 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 37.9 Write 39.1 Mixed 26.6 44% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.31 69% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x8GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 30.8 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 101%

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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