Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	50.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	10.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 23:32
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 141 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 438 47% 376 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q 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 98 98 8919 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5479 (B1) Unknown 85 85 174 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 57 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28441188259	50.6% Above average	Read 454 Write 48.9 Mixed 90.3 42% 198 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 11.6 79% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 29 54% 109 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 85%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 194 9125 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4634 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5341 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3944 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 125 125 225478 (C2) HDA temperature 131 107 21 (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	86.6% Excellent	Read 149 Write 153 Mixed 150 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.3 122% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 98%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 335GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 84 5022576 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14888 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 613745214 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8931 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 38 420806681 (C2) HDA temperature 25 62 73014444057 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 57 6838803 (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	42.5% Average	Read 73.7 Write 74.1 Mixed 69.3 54% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.28 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 43%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 299GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 155 7025 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14591 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8273 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14588 (C2) HDA temperature 128 96 22 (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	36.1% Below average	Read 68.9 Write 56.4 Mixed 55.5 45% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.29 83% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 51%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 88GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 4408 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9030 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7307 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8996 (C2) HDA temperature 122 91 25 (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 10	45.4% Average	Read 86.3 Write 71.8 Mixed 65.7 56% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 3x8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 21.7 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.4 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 87%

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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 $94Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

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