Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '17 at 16:58
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 94 2-Core 188 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 586 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 109 Reflection 138 Parallax 190 89% 146 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 164 Splatting 121 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 767 Write 572 Mixed 657 148% 665 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 25.3 130% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 40.3 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 24.8 40% 72.7 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 283%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 136 136 47283372577 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7653 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 754 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8524 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8524 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 223339413534 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7	78.4% Very good	Read 141 Write 132 Mixed 114 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.22 102% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 92%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA20N Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 105 (03) Spinup time 121 121 51580174908 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 14040 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2812 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 14248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 14248 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 266288234527 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 27	59.2% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 107 Mixed 98.5 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 861GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9669 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15391 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 832 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 280 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 46015 (C2) HDA temperature 120 102 27 (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 200 198 168 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.7% Good	Read 104 Write 111 Mixed 103 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.3 121% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 84%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 354GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17738744 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3440 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 52 52 983595590322 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 402 (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 75 53 454623257 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 83806 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 64424509465 (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 -69630009798757 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47714954352 (F2) Unknown 100 253 460573393627	88.3% Excellent	Read 166 Write 142 Mixed 148 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.15 74% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 313GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 172 170 6375 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8898 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 813 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 269 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 56271 (C2) HDA temperature 124 95 26 (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 11	62% Good	Read 115 Write 101 Mixed 58.2 68% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 151GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2507 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 507 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48912 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 27 (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	62.8% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 104 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.21 107% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 29.5 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 12.5 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 54%

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Gaming 58%

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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	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	230x

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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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