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 (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 07 '18 at 03:42
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	clementeb
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 83.9 2-Core 170 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 521 53% 426 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 907 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 584 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 267 (B7) Unknown 100 100 279 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 48 223339216928 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 91665 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7904635373 (F7) Unknown 100 100 248930030 (F8) Unknown 100 100 161791683 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3565 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	68.7% Good	Read 480 Write 339 Mixed 337 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 22 88% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 67.2 DQ Mixed 50.4 37% 47.2 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 104%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 150 150 34381889963 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 784 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 715 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 812 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 812 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 167504773154 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	93.5% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 162 Mixed 152 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.17 95% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 108%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 147 11408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 977 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 909 (10) Unknown 1 199 27352191554 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 528 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 448 (C2) HDA temperature 118 111 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	69.1% Good	Read 119 Write 121 Mixed 118 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 3.24 4K Mixed 0.33 131% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 42GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120073888 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2078 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1119101 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6984 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1868 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475229703 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 521994270 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 728 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23083 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 55834574878 (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 -63273458198537 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6556187252 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12900635244	75.9% Very good	Read 135 Write 130 Mixed 123 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.18 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.8% Very good	MC Read 32 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 28.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.7 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 101%

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Gaming 61%

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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	544x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	386x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
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	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

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	20x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16