Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.3% 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	47% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '16 at 19:02
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 715 66% 551 Pts	64-Core 906 56% 906 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) CLim: 1115 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.3% Poor	Lighting 17.1 Reflection 22.6 Parallax 47.3 14% 29 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 51.9 Splatting 50.1 32% 37.6 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 51GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5848 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 616 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 98 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 284 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 45485 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 45485 (F2) Unknown 100 100 194557	74.6% Very good	Read 500 Write 314 Mixed 300 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 48.6 4K Mixed 23.5 87% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 53.2 77% 148 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 51%
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 51GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5874 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 626 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 298 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 45467 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 45467 (F2) Unknown 100 100 194678	70.6% Very good	Read 490 Write 326 Mixed 320 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 48.6 4K Mixed 21.5 72% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 58.9 79% 146 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 51%
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 185 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 87868 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 87868 (F2) Unknown 100 100 32625	47% Average	Read 260 Write 167 Mixed 199 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 16.1 74% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 64.3 DQ Mixed 28.8 39% 73.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 51%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 201GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 167 6133 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1255 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26342 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1064 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 604 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 330834 (C2) HDA temperature 126 103 24 (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	53.1% Above average	Read 96 Write 89 Mixed 84 67% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 67%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 44GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 148 5508 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2997 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33288 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 619 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 270 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 619 (C2) HDA temperature 116 95 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	50.6% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 84.6 Mixed 76.3 63% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.47 121% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-442.A00LF 4x4GB 585 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 30 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.3 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 80%

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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	653x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	363x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	231x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	27x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16