Asus P9X79 LE

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 LE (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '16 at 05:33
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 192 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 613 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 734 46% 734 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% HP(103C 079C) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5330 Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Lighting 14.7 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 17.3 12% 15.2 fps	MRender 19 Gravity 13.5 Splatting 16.2 13% 16.3 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 226GB free Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,939 Write 994 Mixed 1,271 309% 1,401 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 42.4 137% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 103 107% 179 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 219%
Digistor 240GB SSD 240GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 540ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10274017 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -130661495073518 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1051 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 487 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 40 64 81608572968 (C2) HDA temperature 40 64 81608572968 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10274017 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10274017 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10274017 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4574 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4828 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4828 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2835	69.6% Good	Read 487 Write 220 Mixed 296 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 19.2 93% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 79.7 94% 161 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 88%
WD WD5001FFWX-68Z39N0 5TB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2.5TB free Firmware: 83.00A83 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 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 100 5200 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1610 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 965 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 266 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 100 4034 (C2) HDA temperature 113 112 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0	44.1% Average	Read 145 Write 9.26 Mixed 15 41% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.001 27% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 122%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 178 5241 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3122 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5391 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2201 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1251 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17703 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	59.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 99.9 Mixed 96.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.27 107% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 200 175 4983 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3083 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2169 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23971 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	44.8% Average	Read 86.6 Write 69.2 Mixed 68.6 56% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 83%

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 (85^th percentile)	33% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 10 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 34%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 LE - $99

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	346x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	273x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	79x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	72x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	55x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	26x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	21x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $429

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