Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	46.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '17 at 19:14
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 535 57% 457 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1555 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9915818 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 79937931328215 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 169 (B1) Unknown 0 0 95 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 32 1013614379031 (C2) HDA temperature 23 32 1013614379031 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9915818 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9915818 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9915818 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25573 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10923 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10923 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6523	46.2% Average	Read 339 Write 146 Mixed 204 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 9.45 71% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 10.6 27% 52.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 87%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 14GB free Firmware: 580A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4047662 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 -95245194741022 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 687 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 687 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 32 42951770135 (C2) HDA temperature 23 32 42951770135 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4047662 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4047662 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4047662 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4129 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2845 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2845 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4937	54.7% Above average	Read 325 Write 139 Mixed 198 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 15.9 87% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 75.6 82% 139 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 740GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 132 4016 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4967 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 26213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 977 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1631 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 122 122 236372 (C2) HDA temperature 120 110 23 (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	80.5% Excellent	Read 145 Write 136 Mixed 122 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.25 99% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 26.2 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.2 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 77%

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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	542x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	385x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	91x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	35x

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	19x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $896

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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