Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.9% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	57.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '17 at 14:27
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 84.1 2-Core 169 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 560 55% 448 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 1982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 88.6 Parallax 78 66% 82.6 fps	MRender 83.1 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 70.6 62% 76.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 60GB free Firmware: DXM03B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24071 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2809 (B1) Unknown 91 91 311 (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 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 986 (EB) Unknown 99 99 291 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2810287571	49.4% Average	Read 260 Write 114 Mixed 178 40% 184 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 18.4 84% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 47.1 63% 118 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 110%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 32GB free Firmware: DXM0 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 366 Write 163 Mixed 225 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 19.6 76% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 9.14 45% 102 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12838 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 554 (B1) Unknown 95 95 255 (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 64 56 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 214 (EB) Unknown 99 99 75 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15510212098	81.9% Excellent	Read 508 Write 303 Mixed 326 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 26.9 109% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 98.2 108% 181 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 119%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 79 (03) Spinup time 126 126 51579847272 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2159 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10419 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 385 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2178 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 214749741094 (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 0	62.8% Good	Read 112 Write 106 Mixed 62.5 69% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.23 107% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 91%
Hitachi UltraStar 7K4000 2TB 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 638GB free Firmware: MF6OAA70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 130 130 38685966814 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2943 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 142 25 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10958 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 395 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2948 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2948 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 210454708263 (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 0	84.4% Excellent	Read 158 Write 136 Mixed 104 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.28 102% 1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 91%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 487GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 189 9166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2614 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1753 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 737 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 106135 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 39 (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 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64% Good	Read 116 Write 107 Mixed 107 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.3 118% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 87%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 141GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 256 (03) Spinup time 179 177 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6292 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29875 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2971 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 292 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 122 122 234562 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 37 (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 200 200 0	56.2% Above average	Read 105 Write 90.7 Mixed 81.9 69% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 8x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 29.8 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 104%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 54%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	106x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 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 $46Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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