Asus P9X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130418
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 02:00
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 199 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 581 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Nvidia(10DE 086A) 1.5GB CLim: 772 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	Lighting 28.6 Reflection 43.2 Parallax 31.8 23% 34.5 fps	MRender 43.7 Gravity 22.1 Splatting 32 26% 32.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 5TB (2014)-$170 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: 0A80 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 202 199 8883 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1548 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1028 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8506 (C2) HDA temperature 126 115 26 (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	60% Above average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 103 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.27 105% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 97%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 66 39 10447 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7287 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4691 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4185 (B5) Unknown 99 99 23535409 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 146029674520 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 10 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7306	81% Excellent	Read 133 Write 149 Mixed 121 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.37 116% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 485GB free Firmware: 1113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8210 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10478 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 9826 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7122 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 69 319815699 (C2) HDA temperature 82 66 403636242 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 76318 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	60.3% Good	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 98.2 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.45 120% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%
Maxtor STM325031 250GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 91 125407934 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8664 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 839599972 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7633 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 538378271 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 69 54 116872885 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	36.5% Below average	Read 68.7 Write 58.6 Mixed 56.2 46% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.27 65% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0 4x8GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 31.4 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.8 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	230x

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 $273	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 $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