Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.1% 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 22:00
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 730 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 878 54% 878 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2677 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 158 Parallax 133 117% 145 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 142 Splatting 118 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8481 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1806 (B1) Unknown 95 95 52 (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 71 57 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 767 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22788843304	82.1% Excellent	Read 513 Write 356 Mixed 361 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 22.1 112% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 57.9 68% 118 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 118%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 234 100 7283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1218 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 540 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 1095 (C2) HDA temperature 123 110 29 (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
Poor: 58% Great: 107%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 104GB free Firmware: 3B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 162 4841 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4191 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17999 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3782 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 671 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4165 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 30 (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	43.6% Average	Read 89.1 Write 62.5 Mixed 60.3 53% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.31 87% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2000EL Series 4x4GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 47 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 44.2 119% 41.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 15.2 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 99%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	542x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	385x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	35x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	33x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples	19x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

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