Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.7% 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	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	35.8 GB free of 40 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 07:58
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 95 2-Core 176 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 457 47% 377 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 61.2 54% 65.1 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 57.3 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13723 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1303 (B1) Unknown 89 89 221 (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 57 48 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 81 (F1) Unknown 99 99 59757558029	89.7% Excellent	Read 499 Write 404 Mixed 417 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 31 124% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 63.2 76% 133 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 124%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 23GB free Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd 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 253 100 21283 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2202 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 289 (A9) Unknown 100 100 305 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 155 (AE) Unknown 100 100 149 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 115 493921828904 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1296 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 40757 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15933 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16603 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	49.8% Average	Read 261 Write 208 Mixed 231 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 8.95 66% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 45.9 70% 133 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 99%
Seagate ST2000DL001 2TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 910GB free Firmware: CC92 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 124 100 782248760 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5333 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7565294 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4671 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 826 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 1039399452941 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 45 656539684 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8598 (C2) HDA temperature 36 55 64424509476 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 124 100 782248760 (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 -62294205656803 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3309409551 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4274334695	48.1% Average	Read 83.9 Write 83.8 Mixed 76.8 61% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 71%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 221GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 160 6866 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16585 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4612 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 419 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16574 (C2) HDA temperature 115 96 35 (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	38.6% Below average	Read 73.7 Write 60.5 Mixed 52.1 46% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.41 103% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C11-8GNT F3-12800CL10-8GBX F3-1600C11-8GNT F3-10666CL9-4GBNT F3-10666CL9-4GBNT F3-12800CL10-8GBX 40GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 27.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.6 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	651x
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 $273	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 $179	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