Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.4% 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	61% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '17 at 23:27
Run Duration	350 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 188 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 683 63% 525 Pts	64-Core 825 51% 825 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Palit(1569 1180) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Lighting 40.2 Reflection 37.1 Parallax 49.6 33% 42.3 fps	MRender 50.4 Gravity 44.9 Splatting 34.9 35% 43.4 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 223GB free Firmware: 2.22 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 100 100 3515823 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 101550206767942 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1928 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 539 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3515823 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3515823 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3515823 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2209 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1130 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1130 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3974	55.9% Above average	Read 266 Write 180 Mixed 220 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 19 87% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 76.4 88% 150 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 91%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 22395141 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 -91783451089450 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2075 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 195 (B1) Unknown 0 0 14 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22395141 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22395141 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22395141 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 29289 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16933 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16933 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24052	61% Good	Read 486 Write 144 Mixed 200 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 15.6 88% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 45.9 66% 123 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 82%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 935 (03) Spinup time 120 109 6983 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8527 (05) Reallocated sector count 193 193 56 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37339 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2437 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 630 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 633168 (C2) HDA temperature 119 103 28 (C4) Reallocation count 144 144 56 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 192 225 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 99 17	59.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 96.9 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 59%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 6GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	6.34% Terrible	Read 10.8 Write 5.09 Mixed 6.35 8% 7.42 MB/s	4K Read 2.65 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.75 69% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.34% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 2,772 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 34 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.9 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 104%

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Gaming 58%

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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