Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130829
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '16 at 03:20
Run Duration	335 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 734 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 859 53% 859 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 82.4 Reflection 85.6 Parallax 76.1 67% 81.4 fps	MRender 74.9 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 67.9 59% 72.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 403GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,334 Write 1,458 Mixed 1,326 307% 1,372 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 47 172% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 27.6 51% 99.4 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 283%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^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 23591 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 98 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 53 206157774885 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (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 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 26510010180 (F7) Unknown 100 100 852131045 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2332070621	84.1% Excellent	Read 489 Write 421 Mixed 440 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 27.9 110% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 49.1 56% 95.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 100%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 139 11783 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1246 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1214 (C2) HDA temperature 116 101 36 (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	90.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 146 Mixed 139 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 0.4 132% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 93%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 224 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4TB free, PID ab34 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 102 Write 151 Mixed 95 154% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.48 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 0.64 436% 4.71 MB/s	DQ Read 1.45 DQ Write 12.3 DQ Mixed 0.58 445% 4.79 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 37.6 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 13.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%

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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	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 $94Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

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 $179	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