Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	19.2 Days
Run Date	May 11 '16 at 14:07
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (47^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, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 179 64% 111 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 548 56% 452 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 108 Parallax 100 88% 105 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 95 Splatting 78.2 71% 87.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 65 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28506 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 85 (B1) Unknown 88 88 431 (B3) Unknown 99 99 65 (B5) Unknown 99 99 65 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 65 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35124749052	42.1% Average	Read 324 Write 122 Mixed 179 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 15.4 68% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 33.6 DQ Mixed 11.8 13% 21.8 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 116%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8516 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7123 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7048 (C2) HDA temperature 109 100 43 (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	69.5% Good	Read 127 Write 115 Mixed 114 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.45 138% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 186GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 50 (03) Spinup time 175 173 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1979 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37626 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 163 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1858 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 33 (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 1	52.7% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 85.3 Mixed 87.1 68% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.42 118% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 76%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,921 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 26GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 22.1 Write 8.42 Mixed 8.22 14% 12.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.89 4K Write 2.95 189% 4.92 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 4x8GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 29.4 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 107%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	543x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16