Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.2% 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	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '16 at 13:48
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-4820K-$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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 201 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 519 52% 422 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro W5000 817 User benchmarks, average bench 15% AMD(1002 0B06) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Lighting 18.2 Reflection 25 Parallax 22.7 15% 21.9 fps	MRender 21.6 Gravity 14.8 Splatting 30 19% 22.2 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 78GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 83966610642916 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 753 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 35 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9042 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12652 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12652 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10472	44.9% Average	Read 198 Write 92.7 Mixed 107 29% 133 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 12.1 91% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 26 44% 86.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 61%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1051 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 400 (B1) Unknown 99 99 29 (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 72 63 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4528571162	104% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 441 Mixed 463 105% 473 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 38.3 146% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 111 127% 215 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 119%
Inateck ASM1153E 250GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 83GB free, PID 55aa Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 42.4 Write 41.8 Mixed 39.7 53% 41.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.33 73% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 405%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1866 4x4GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 39.1 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 100%

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

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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	655x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	233x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
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	39x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	28x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16