Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.9% 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	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 8.1 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130829
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '16 at 16:13
Run Duration	386 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 95 2-Core 188 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 653 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 822 51% 822 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2843) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.2723 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.9% Very poor	Lighting 19.5 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 44.9 16% 32 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 33.8 Splatting 29.8 28% 34.5 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5544 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1288 (B1) Unknown 96 96 42 (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 63 57 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1287 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18072890502	116% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 499 Mixed 511 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 33.5 163% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 119 156% 282 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 102%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 754GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 6300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 145 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 887 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (10) Unknown 0 200 7500392201 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1 (C2) HDA temperature 110 107 40 (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 1 594 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 145 Mixed 143 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.91 4K Mixed 0.36 124% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 296GB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 2416 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1057 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5620 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1057 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1056 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 0 (C2) HDA temperature 103 99 40 (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	95.6% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 143 Mixed 146 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.28 120% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 109%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 128GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 114GB free, PID 0326 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	33% Below average	Read 141 Write 28.4 Mixed 91.7 96% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 9.95 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 1.11 118% 4.11 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 46%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 1,009 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID 1607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	3.02% Terrible	Read 7.85 Write 3.22 Mixed 5.04 6% 5.37 MB/s	4K Read 4.95 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.01 19% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.02% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 3,407 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	66.6% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 23 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 71%

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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