Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.7% 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	59% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '18 at 05:00
Run Duration	410 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 179 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 456 48% 387 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% XFX(1682 3260) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 26.6 Parallax 30 20% 27.2 fps	MRender 24 Gravity 20 Splatting 32 21% 25.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd 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 37742 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1164 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 75 75 767 (AE) Unknown 100 100 301 (B5) Unknown 100 100 30881088408519 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 95 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 75 75 25 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	59% Above average	Read 475 Write 261 Mixed 193 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 5.8 68% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 5.97 34% 78.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 74%
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 17GB free Firmware: 1.29 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2571825 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 127938485851138 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1233 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 174 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 129 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 99 99 2571825 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1600 (EA) Unknown 0 0 768 (F1) Unknown 0 0 768 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2752	26.8% Poor	Read 173 Write 43.7 Mixed 60.8 20% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 7.62 49% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 78.2 DQ Write 53.2 DQ Mixed 16.9 26% 49.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 110 Write 112 Mixed 90.1 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.29 90% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	43.7% Average	Read 3.91 Write 148 Mixed 41 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.31 87% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 34GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 112 108 7383 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13472 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45607 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1940 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 448 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 689374 (C2) HDA temperature 111 76 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 152 376 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.1% Below average	Read 44.6 Write 60.1 Mixed 41.8 36% 48.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.24 57% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 57%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 22GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 147 5141 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9591 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 17 17 61122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 989 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 989 (C2) HDA temperature 114 81 33 (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	41.2% Average	Read 73.2 Write 69.7 Mixed 26.4 41% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.31 103% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 17GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 80.4 Write 72.1 Mixed 68.2 93% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.16 73% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 44%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 73.3 Write 98.5 Mixed 59.9 101% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.5 76% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,271 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 29.5 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 86%

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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	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 $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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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