Asrock X79 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.8% 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	54.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock X79 Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131108
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '17 at 03:05
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 562 56% 457 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 112 Parallax 101 90% 108 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 82.3 76% 93.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st 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 89 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 60 171799412762 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2332777177 (F7) Unknown 100 100 72959479 (F8) Unknown 100 100 13064338 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1943 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	54.6% Above average	Read 470 Write 303 Mixed 267 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 9.74 55% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 19.5 DQ Write 35.9 DQ Mixed 9.68 12% 21.7 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 369GB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 85 16131048 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5084 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4574013452 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3735 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 6669 (BC) Unknown 100 96 60130459672 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 74 46 13322092570 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 115581 (C2) HDA temperature 26 54 -140737488355302 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 80 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 80 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 82 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -113859583004491 (F1) Unknown 100 253 72426110225604 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -107666866489933	38.7% Below average	Read 80.1 Write 54.5 Mixed 130 68% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.16 70% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 113%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 343GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 122 (03) Spinup time 179 175 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3064 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2170 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 516 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 163 163 112064 (C2) HDA temperature 125 101 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 20171 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	60.3% Good	Read 99.2 Write 111 Mixed 115 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.18 79% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 83%
WD WD30EZRS-00J99B0 3TB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 227GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 141 9691 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8315 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8093 (C0) Power-off retract count 193 193 5819 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 119683 (C2) HDA temperature 126 100 26 (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	61.2% Good	Read 105 Write 108 Mixed 112 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.12 63% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 72%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 144GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 105137456 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4849 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7944741 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13358 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2983 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 25770197269 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 47 403505176 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31719 (C2) HDA temperature 24 53 34359738392 (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 123952756167453 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22773520198 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28270281890	90.2% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 139 Mixed 87.9 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2x8GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 12.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 71%

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Typical X79 Extreme9 Builds (Compare 119 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 74%

Battleship

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asrock X79 Extreme9 - $1,200

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	32x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	32x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	10x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	7x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	8x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x

RAM
F3 DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 71%, 602 samples	5x
CMX4GX3M1A160 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ CMX8GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1600C10D3L 24GBCorsairBench 45%, 9 samples	5x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBG.SKILLBench 85%, 84 samples	4x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,475

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	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