Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.7% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120810
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 22:25
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 191 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 488 56% 434 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 65.9 62% 73.1 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 70.5 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 108GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25693 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 58 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 336452146	33.2% Below average	Read 350 Write 84 Mixed 126 40% 186 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 1.72 52% 12 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22041 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 65 (B1) Unknown 95 95 86 (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 61 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40361990954	41.7% Average	Read 515 Write 86.6 Mixed 145 54% 249 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.34 60% 13.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 115%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 215 201 8250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 678 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1071 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 38 (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	93.1% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 154 Mixed 151 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.16 73% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 98%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 212 198 8375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 98 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22613 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1117 (C2) HDA temperature 115 109 37 (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	83.2% Excellent	Read 158 Write 132 Mixed 129 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 98%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 218 100 8091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 31 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12267 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 108 103 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	92.1% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 168 Mixed 157 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 3.97 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.19 200% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 118%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 215 201 8208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 364 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1120 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 36 (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	73.3% Very good	Read 143 Write 113 Mixed 103 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 754 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 31.3 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13.1 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 99%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	106x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	81x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	9x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $782

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