Asus P9X79 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	182% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 11:53
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 219 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 548 58% 462 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8513) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 81.1 Parallax 73.3 64% 77.7 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 64.6 58% 72 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,506 Write 875 Mixed 976 247% 1,119 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 40.2 191% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 105 116% 199 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 236%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 77GB free Firmware: 5.05A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3822520 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 33895881912036 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2351 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1847 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 57 55838310435 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3822520 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3822520 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3822520 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13278 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4135 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4135 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6872	60.6% Good	Read 319 Write 252 Mixed 202 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 14.9 101% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 14.2 28% 53.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2669 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3716 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 191 (EB) Unknown 99 99 118 (F1) Unknown 99 99 756161381	58.9% Above average	Read 318 Write 138 Mixed 193 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 28.9 104% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 98.3 DQ Mixed 0.8 35% 85.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 115%
Toshiba HDWD105 500GB-$49 9,420 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 279GB free Firmware: MS1OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896960693 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 151 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 103 103 39 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 135 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 178 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 188980133923 (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 0	72.4% Very good	Read 147 Write 106 Mixed 55.7 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.16 53% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 104%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 447GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 171 3841 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5437 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11420 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1863 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1048 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4388 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 34 (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	49.1% Average	Read 85.6 Write 85.1 Mixed 24.8 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.43 121% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 76%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 202GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 129 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9106 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2321 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1187 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 120677 (C2) HDA temperature 110 102 33 (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	65% Good	Read 116 Write 110 Mixed 71.7 74% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.22 102% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 43.5 MC Write 47.9 MC Mixed 44.2 129% 45.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 121%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 DELUXE - $500

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	254x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	162x
Core i7-3960XIntel $265Bench 78%, 2,165 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	31x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	19x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
DDR3 1600G DDR3 1600G Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 12GBAdataBench 52%, 28 samples	11x

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Total price: $1,060

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16