Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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	142% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	17.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '18 at 21:21
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 82.1 2-Core 184 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 545 55% 448 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 146 Parallax 135 109% 138 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 139 Splatting 107 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 475GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 999 Write 907 Mixed 961 214% 956 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 37.7 129% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 69.5 71% 117 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 167%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 499GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 138 9116 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6067 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 23 23 56419 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 761 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 677523 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 37 (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	35% Below average	Read 56.7 Write 65.2 Mixed 69.4 48% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.12 50% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 77%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 48GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 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 190 177 7483 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15092 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 80914 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 926 (C0) Power-off retract count 189 189 8597 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1097673 (C2) HDA temperature 121 101 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	23.7% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 41.5 Mixed 38.1 30% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.27 81% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 51%
ST4000VN008-2DR1 4TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free, PID 1066 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.9% Good	Read 159 Write 157 Mixed 25.4 133% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.28 83% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 29.3 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 99%

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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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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