Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.8% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '17 at 19:38
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (51^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-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 194 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 595 58% 478 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8504) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	58.7% Above average	Lighting 73.9 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 69.7 60% 74.2 fps	MRender 77.3 Gravity 67.7 Splatting 61.9 56% 68.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1578 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 376 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 65 61 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14598075740	83.8% Excellent	Read 501 Write 401 Mixed 421 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 26.7 97% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 99.1 105% 176 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113847296 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3859 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4335715422 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7850 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2133 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 4850057249 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 853 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49427 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 -140737488355295 (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 -136932147326912 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -91487795318909 (F2) Unknown 100 253 139334477380195	75.4% Very good	Read 121 Write 142 Mixed 112 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 114%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 1,365 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 9GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 19.3 Write 18.9 Mixed 18.6 24% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.14 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 1.88 171% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX16GX3M4A1600C9 CMX16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	79.5% Very good	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 28.6 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 89%

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	650x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	229x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
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	38x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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