Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	31.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.9% 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 (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121126
Uptime	19.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '17 at 00:30
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	46.1% Average	Memory 53.2 1-Core 77.4 2-Core 137 51% 89.3 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 255 31% 238 Pts	64-Core 307 19% 307 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2773) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.7% Below average	Lighting 37.2 Reflection 34 Parallax 45.3 30% 38.8 fps	MRender 49.3 Gravity 46.5 Splatting 34.3 35% 43.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33748 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 982 (B1) Unknown 86 86 168 (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 66 51 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40978499413	40.9% Average	Read 353 Write 111 Mixed 124 43% 196 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 6.45 56% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 34.5 DQ Mixed 6.34 26% 62.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 191GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2833 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2336 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2701 (C2) HDA temperature 110 99 37 (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	55% Above average	Read 87.1 Write 104 Mixed 93.4 72% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.31 113% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 76%
Maxtor 6B250S0 251GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 129GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 184 183 22871 (04) Start/Stop count 251 251 3981 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 251 246 55216 (09) Power-on hours count 217 217 46596 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 248 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 252 252 535 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 253 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 1830 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 6606 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 248 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 240 240 156 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	31% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 52.5 Mixed 54.5 41% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.21 96% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	MC Read 5.9 MC Write 5.2 MC Mixed 5.7 16% 5.6 GB/s	SC Read 4.1 SC Write 3.5 SC Mixed 3.2 10% 3.6 GB/s	Latency 149 27% 149 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	542x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	385x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	91x

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 $109Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $896

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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