Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.3% 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	80.2% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '16 at 02:13
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 i7-3960X-$265 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 84.4 2-Core 172 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 484 48% 392 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 109 87% 109 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 103 Splatting 100 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 167 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 25 (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 60 45 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 880235975	80.2% Excellent	Read 498 Write 395 Mixed 419 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 19.1 107% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 17.6 39% 76.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 134%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 88GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2494883 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -70033736716317 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 893 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 122 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 65 55838834723 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2494883 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2494883 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2494883 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1446 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1166 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1166 (F2) Unknown 0 0 618	52.2% Above average	Read 255 Write 217 Mixed 224 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 20 80% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 40.5 49% 80.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 82%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 79 (03) Spinup time 148 148 51574342147 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 69 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 810 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 810 (C2) HDA temperature 115 115 249109741620 (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	88.5% Excellent	Read 158 Write 151 Mixed 158 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.23 99% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 92%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 3TB 172 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 118 Write 129 Mixed 110 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.13 40% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C8 8x4GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 29.3 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 11.8 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 100%

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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	543x
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 $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	19x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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