Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.4% 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	49.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120410
Uptime	12.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 03:35
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 182 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 476 50% 400 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.4% Poor	Lighting 33.2 Reflection 38.2 Parallax 67.3 27% 46.2 fps	MRender 47.4 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 43.2 34% 41.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 3622248 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 -120525372241109 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2223 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 67 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 72 77314129950 (C2) HDA temperature 30 72 77314129950 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3622248 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3622248 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3622248 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24747 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11054 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11054 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14499	49.6% Average	Read 254 Write 176 Mixed 211 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 14.2 71% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 63 78% 137 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 94%
Corsair Force 120GB 1,958 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 59GB free Firmware: 2.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2956752 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -17815524311589 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2599 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 97 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 51542818845 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2956752 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5056 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4352 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4352 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12736	42.6% Average	Read 214 Write 131 Mixed 165 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 13.8 70% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 35.8 50% 93.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 56%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA380 500GB 1,490 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 117GB free Firmware: V56OA73A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 103 103 38686163426 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11695 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 55117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3170 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13605 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13605 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 249108824096 (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 200 253 0	37.5% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 64.5 Mixed 65.3 49% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.29 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 29.7 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 76%

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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	650x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	229x

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 $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