Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95% 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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	58.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '17 at 22:40
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 241 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 630 70% 553 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 68.6 64% 75.7 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 72.1 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe 256GB-$50 744 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3060 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2175 (B1) Unknown 100 100 28846 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 118948 (F2) Unknown 100 100 243324	95% Outstanding	Read 635 Write 535 Mixed 549 128% 573 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 27 112% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 57.8 48% 65.1 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 131%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014)-$220 1,278 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148654754 (03) Spinup time 87 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2690 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8389358 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2130 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 962087354592 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 59 622002212 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1409 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9413 (C2) HDA temperature 36 41 73014444068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 42 148654754 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 39303245728757 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14044950732 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1938199103	95.6% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 139 Mixed 143 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.4 134% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 813GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5680 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4361 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 393 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5286 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 32 (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	100% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 177 Mixed 166 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 3.19 4K Mixed 0.3 143% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 797GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5245 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6685 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4359 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 949 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4295 (C2) HDA temperature 113 107 30 (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	105% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 186 Mixed 171 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 3.14 4K Mixed 0.33 147% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 93 Write 105 Mixed 72.8 116% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.21 75% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 61%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 315GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 28.1 Mixed 25.8 36% 28.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 8x8GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 37.3 111% 39 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 61%

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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 $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

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 $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