Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	99.3% 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	47.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	40.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130314
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 13:17
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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-$195 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 81.6 2-Core 178 66% 114 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 498 49% 402 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 140 Parallax 120 104% 129 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 101%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 109 87% 111 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1707 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 150 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 74 59 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 887835 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3805990311	63.4% Good	Read 268 Write 214 Mixed 219 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 21.4 108% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 79.1 85% 142 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 134%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6104000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 919 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (A5) Unknown 100 100 18153630 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 643 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 42 (C2) HDA temperature 77 33 141734969367 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 75 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 133144641567 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2355 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2604 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2037 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1005 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	47.6% Average	Read 257 Write 178 Mixed 183 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 12.9 85% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.1 DQ Write 50.2 DQ Mixed 29.5 26% 37.6 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 121%
Corsair Neutron 256GB-$255 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 137GB free Firmware: M306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 165 1 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1147 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 0 68722688023 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 81 0 (E7) Temperature 92 92 9 (EA) Unknown 100 100 309370 (F1) Unknown 100 100 33457 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14249 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4089329	60.9% Good	Read 255 Write 255 Mixed 245 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 24.7 87% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 75.2 87% 149 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 6x8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 6 of 8 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.3% Very good	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 28.6 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.1 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 82%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	544x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	391x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	39x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	34x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples	20x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $942

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16