Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.9% 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	53.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '16 at 11:05
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 192 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 512 52% 423 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Palit(1569 1183) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Lighting 32.6 Reflection 31 Parallax 39.3 27% 34.3 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 37.9 Splatting 26.3 27% 34.5 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 26430936 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 94197222739344 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2197 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 794 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 37 60131966999 (C2) HDA temperature 23 37 60131966999 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26430936 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26430936 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26430936 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11046 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9071 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9071 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12370	53.1% Above average	Read 414 Write 165 Mixed 194 56% 258 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 8.57 73% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 40.7 54% 98.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 578GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36448424 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2475 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 58427502 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5671 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2463 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 64 403832856 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44641 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 42949672984 (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 24605867643172 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18452870364 (F2) Unknown 100 253 90769325290	88.8% Excellent	Read 171 Write 139 Mixed 142 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 1TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 786GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 28.3 Mixed 18.2 32% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.2 59% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00 1x8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	33.6% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 10 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 34%

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Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	544x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	386x
Core i7-4930KIntel $88Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

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	20x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16