Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31% 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	56.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '17 at 07:32
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 186 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 578 58% 473 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B E207) 3GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31% Below average	Lighting 40.2 Reflection 29 Parallax 50.4 33% 39.9 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 37.1 Splatting 35.7 28% 33.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -15264312837161 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 137 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 369742 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 43 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 369742 (F2) Unknown 100 100 283928 (F9) Unknown 100 100 21235	56.6% Above average	Read 427 Write 220 Mixed 265 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 15.4 67% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 65 69% 112 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 95%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 218508112 (03) Spinup time 95 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 20458 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1885076 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 29993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 261997461598 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 66 1194488692765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34629 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 -140737488355299 (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 107704894882255 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4483362827 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1242134915	87.7% Excellent	Read 183 Write 123 Mixed 139 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	102% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 168 Mixed 160 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.31 101% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 840GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6876576 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6921 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 45 197604466468 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 40180 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 86 197571510321 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 58 26375028771 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6937 (C2) HDA temperature 35 42 -140737488355293 (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 74182675147521 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43448976426 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27273844400	73.9% Very good	Read 135 Write 123 Mixed 138 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.48 105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CH9 4x8GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 30.7 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 85%

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

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	230x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	38x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	27x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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