Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	55.2% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 17:21
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 196 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 490 51% 412 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8472) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.28 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.1% Very poor	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 11.7 9% 10.5 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 22.1 Splatting 20.8 16% 18.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7455 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1230 (B1) Unknown 96 96 113 (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 70 57 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27688884354	55.2% Above average	Read 367 Write 166 Mixed 231 56% 255 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 21.1 84% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 56.9 57% 91.3 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 116%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 544GB free Firmware: CV22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166767976 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1815 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 57 51700844151 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1548 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 128 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 929 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1848 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 64424509470 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.7% Very good	Read 91.6 Write 155 Mixed 145 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.13 51% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 397GB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 142787792 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1655 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 49 45 4191976736842 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8005 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1232 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 42 288317767713 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35617 (C2) HDA temperature 33 58 60129542177 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 37052682869492 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31514751306 (F2) Unknown 100 253 130406316270	51.3% Above average	Read 72.5 Write 105 Mixed 52.5 57% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 6.73 4K Mixed 0.22 161% 2.41 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 113%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$191 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 397GB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120951623 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2954 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 207301984 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17943 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2589 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 63 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 588644386 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 169 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2984 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 73014444066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 30 120951623 (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 122226179335238 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2947673186 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1464931840	62.4% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.54 110% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 11.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 79%

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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	388x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	34x
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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16