Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	34.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	15.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '18 at 00:06
Run Duration	524 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X-$265 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 86.7 2-Core 189 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 544 56% 449 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 178GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 3756709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 -124021475614280 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5319 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 421 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3756709 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3756709 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3756709 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3573 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3172 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3172 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7473	46.4% Average	Read 194 Write 173 Mixed 136 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 9.1 73% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 41 65% 124 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 66%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 54GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 3045119 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 -111600430194127 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5328 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 434 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3045119 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3045119 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3045119 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6737 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6021 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6021 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23919	47.6% Average	Read 197 Write 168 Mixed 142 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 10.2 78% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 51.6 69% 124 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 66%
Marvell Raid VD 0 480GB 215 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: MV.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	34.8% Below average	Read 313 Write 163 Mixed 160 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 7.97 4K Write 23.6 4K Mixed 4.72 31% 12.1 MB/s	DQ Read 47.2 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 59 50% 71.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 97%
WD Re 3TB (2012)-$55 2,104 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 640GB free Firmware: 01.01K01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 163 10500 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9900 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3210 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 252 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9647 (C2) HDA temperature 123 105 29 (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	72.5% Very good	Read 116 Write 137 Mixed 108 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.4 124% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 96%
Sony MRW-E90 124GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 109GB free, PID 0bae Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 31 Write 17.2 Mixed 22.8 28% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.17 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 1.8 157% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 98%
Lexar SD USB_3_0 Read 16GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 2GB free, PID b049 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	7% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 12.3 Mixed 14.2 19% 16 MB/s	4K Read 4.85 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 19% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 29 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.9 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 99%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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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 $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 $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