Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	39.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 20:34
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 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 (87^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 95.1 2-Core 195 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 478 51% 405 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB-$349 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 234GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th 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 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37729 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (E8) Unknown 100 100 5385326759 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	58.8% Above average	Read 264 Write 255 Mixed 257 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 15.4 86% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 99.1 94% 145 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 108%
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB-$349 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37992 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 138 (E8) Unknown 100 100 26409568959 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	39.4% Below average	Read 346 Write 164 Mixed 183 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 10.4 49% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 15.6 DQ Write 31.1 DQ Mixed 9.65 11% 18.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 147 8966 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3257 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 34103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14508 (C2) HDA temperature 124 107 28 (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 0	45.6% Average	Read 79.5 Write 79.3 Mixed 75.5 59% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.16 73% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 83%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 208 198 8566 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1550 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5378 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5955 (C2) HDA temperature 123 112 29 (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 0	65% Good	Read 105 Write 121 Mixed 119 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.22 100% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 97%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 998GB 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 180 175 8000 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3357 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38001 (C2) HDA temperature 122 111 30 (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 0	53.2% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 92.6 Mixed 93.4 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.19 90% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 936GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 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 171 168 6450 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4346 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44746 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21408 (C2) HDA temperature 120 97 30 (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 0	40.9% Average	Read 78.5 Write 63.8 Mixed 71.5 54% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.13 61% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 535GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 110 103 7475 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5547 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 6 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 326 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 414567 (C2) HDA temperature 112 90 35 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 45 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 156 0	47.4% Average	Read 80.7 Write 84.3 Mixed 77.3 61% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.34 89% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 34.6 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 63%

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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	544x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	386x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $80Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

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	20x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16