Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.9% 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	90.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131205
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '17 at 18:03
Run Duration	466 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 719 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 855 53% 855 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8539) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.9% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 104 Parallax 92.6 80% 98.2 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 88.9 Splatting 80 68% 83.6 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 99GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28265 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1205 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 59 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 434 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1663161567	72.6% Very good	Read 505 Write 240 Mixed 174 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 13.5 95% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 30.2 78% 167 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 85%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28240 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1152 (B1) Unknown 92 92 266 (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 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 431 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22723503141	90.5% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 357 Mixed 421 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 25.3 121% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 80 112% 208 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 534GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1889 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 740 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 736 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1179 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	87.3% Excellent	Read 158 Write 146 Mixed 130 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.21 100% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 148GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 198 376 (03) Spinup time 175 169 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24191 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2159 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 578 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23612 (C2) HDA temperature 110 101 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 13 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 193 945 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 36	66.1% Good	Read 117 Write 113 Mixed 113 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.47 138% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 76%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 127GB free Firmware: 21.07QR5 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 1 0 (03) Spinup time 166 160 4716 (04) Start/Stop count 74 74 26348 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 65535 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 68 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 68 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4550 (C2) HDA temperature 106 89 41 (C4) Reallocation count 1 200 65535 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 65535 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.1% Below average	Read 54.4 Write 70.7 Mixed 60.9 47% 62 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.56 138% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 47%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 141GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 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 178 174 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20015 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 39129 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2205 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 949 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19065 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 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 33 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.9% Average	Read 79.1 Write 73.6 Mixed 62.8 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.33 96% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 76%
TOSHIBA MK1059GSM 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 391GB free, PID 1052 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 62.8 Write 62.3 Mixed 57.4 78% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.21 60% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 34%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,310 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 367GB free, PID 0202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 83.6 Write 84.4 Mixed 82.6 108% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 45%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 1GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID 0715 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	4.73% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 5.75 Mixed 7.44 11% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.73 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 15% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.73% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 30.6 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.1 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 92%

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Typical P9X79 WS Builds (Compare 426 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	106x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	81x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $39Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	9x

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Total price: $782

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 $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