Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	63.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '18 at 10:45
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 580 58% 473 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 155 Parallax 131 112% 141 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 135 Splatting 117 98% 120 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 500GB 2,934 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 370GB free Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3 (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 66 60 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 266284128	105% Outstanding	Read 533 Write 509 Mixed 526 117% 523 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 30.1 152% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 43.8 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 108 101% 147 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 118%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -98243081000544 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1452 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1162 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 116 116 131734610 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1162 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 768654 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 768654 (F2) Unknown 100 100 654797 (F9) Unknown 100 100 40387	63.9% Good	Read 501 Write 136 Mixed 178 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 14 111% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 13.9 32% 62.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 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 69 65 7387216 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2002758 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -28548647616502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 64 605421602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 94489280546 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 69 65 7387216 (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 109697759707145 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4261516349 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4141738
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220329080 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8979 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3720619 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23511 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 975 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 43588911140 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45471 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 -140737488355292 (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 114405043866755 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12646607566 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6028435165	65% Good	Read 110 Write 117 Mixed 101 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.16 60% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 96%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 901GB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 229 177 5533 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5478 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8708 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19365 (C2) HDA temperature 114 105 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	53.9% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 91.1 Mixed 91.5 70% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.23 94% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 402 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 36.9 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 105%

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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	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $103Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	231x

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 $269	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 $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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16