Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.7% 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 20:58
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 216 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 578 60% 481 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 156 Parallax 131 116% 143 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 135 Splatting 116 98% 121 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -22557167310608 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1426 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1136 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 104 104 9736382 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1136 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 759803 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 45 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 759803 (F2) Unknown 100 100 645525 (F9) Unknown 100 100 39986	57.7% Above average	Read 461 Write 142 Mixed 200 58% 268 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 11.8 98% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 96.4 DQ Mixed 11.1 23% 44.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 88%
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 8GB free Firmware: 6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (42^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 2827657 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 92934502374407 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 949 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 796 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 54 1009320853542 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2827657 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2827657 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2827657 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3912 (EA) Unknown 0 0 926 (F1) Unknown 0 0 926 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1677	53.5% Above average	Read 252 Write 119 Mixed 150 38% 174 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 16.5 106% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 32.7 49% 92.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 62%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2TB free Firmware: AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 243 164 2816 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12475 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1890 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 417 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 139 139 184311 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 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	67.8% Good	Read 128 Write 108 Mixed 105 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.26 100% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 68%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 203681040 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8837 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3380965 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 946 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 43471601695 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42598 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 -140737488355297 (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 -69273527514103 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12624862388 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5964013645	64.1% Good	Read 93.7 Write 130 Mixed 92.5 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.15 46% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 96%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 910GB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 177 7600 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5374 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 465 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18876 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 35 (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	53.3% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 93.2 Mixed 95.4 71% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.26 89% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 294GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 128 125 6575 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2200 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1661 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 831 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 103 103 291208 (C2) HDA temperature 118 103 29 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56% Above average	Read 100 Write 95.1 Mixed 77.4 68% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.13 63% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 59%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 55GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 167 6291 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6449 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18805 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1085 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 114 114 260806 (C2) HDA temperature 119 103 31 (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	24% Poor	Read 44.7 Write 38.6 Mixed 37.1 30% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 402 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 36.3 111% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 105%

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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 $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) $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