Asus P9X79 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.7% 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	56.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 18:51
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 91.5 2-Core 169 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 520 51% 417 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 1999) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 114 Parallax 106 83% 107 fps	MRender 87.6 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 88 74% 90.6 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27875 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1689 (B1) Unknown 70 70 1071 (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 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 568 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48701892329	56.8% Above average	Read 457 Write 168 Mixed 286 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 15.8 71% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 53.1 DQ Mixed 39.4 59% 117 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 76%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 179357824 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1143 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 408991 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2024 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (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 69 61 538247199 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5486 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 81604378655 (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 72808285601929 (F1) Unknown 100 253 320340474 (F2) Unknown 100 253 180253708	91.5% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 150 Mixed 142 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 96%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 181GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 74 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 67 10039 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6401 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12531 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1732 (B5) Unknown 100 100 380909 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9938 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 188979478557 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 310 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6413	63.1% Good	Read 109 Write 111 Mixed 109 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 72%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 67GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 172 169 6375 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2852 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27636 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1694 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 574 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 430568 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 22	49.9% Average	Read 94.8 Write 79.2 Mixed 84.4 65% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 67%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 11GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 226 219 8691 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14697 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 6 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42733 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3552 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1824 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14667 (C2) HDA temperature 116 95 34 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 77 Mixed 85.2 66% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.38 106% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	65.3% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 23.2 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 11.2 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 98%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 DELUXE - $500

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	253x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	162x
Core i7-3960XIntel $265Bench 78%, 2,165 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	31x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	19x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
DDR3 1600G DDR3 1600G Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 12GBAdataBench 52%, 28 samples	11x

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Total price: $1,060

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 $179	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