Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '17 at 15:25
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 196 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 502 50% 407 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Lighting 48.9 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 61.3 40% 47.6 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 40.4 33% 39.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8368 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1528 (A6) Unknown 100 100 30 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 462 (A9) Unknown 100 100 303 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 230 (AE) Unknown 100 100 87 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 47 201864183837 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1858 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 60221 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13750 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8795 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	72.1% Very good	Read 461 Write 307 Mixed 377 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 15.2 112% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 93.5 DQ Mixed 14.3 24% 45.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 99%
Hitachi HDS72202 2TB 246 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 213GB free Firmware: A28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 101 (03) Spinup time 149 149 51570672113 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5930 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3306 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6202 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 236223463466 (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 1	39.9% Below average	Read 65.1 Write 74 Mixed 80 55% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.41 89% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS72202 2TB 246 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 102GB free Firmware: A28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 98 (03) Spinup time 128 128 51577225773 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4558 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 112 112 39 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2799 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4747 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4747 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 257698496554 (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 200 200 119	53.2% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 95 Mixed 87.7 68% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.44 103% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C8 1x4GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 8 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.5% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 7 21% 7.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 6.7 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 34%

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	653x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	231x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
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	39x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	27x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16