Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.1% 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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120410
Uptime	9.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '17 at 00:14
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 93.2 2-Core 182 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 481 51% 406 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 83.6 Parallax 74.2 67% 79.8 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 66.2 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 120GB 1,958 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 54GB free Firmware: 2.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2750036 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -93106301011105 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2209 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 96 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 51542818848 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2750036 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4928 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4224 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4224 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12480	42.1% Average	Read 214 Write 112 Mixed 126 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 14.4 75% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 8.97 33% 72.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 56%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3820349 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 -132637180016465 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1833 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 60 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 72 77314129951 (C2) HDA temperature 31 72 77314129951 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3820349 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3820349 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3820349 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22533 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9617 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9617 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13543	55.1% Above average	Read 259 Write 193 Mixed 215 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 19.7 84% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 51.2 71% 130 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 94%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA380 500GB 1,490 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 395GB free Firmware: V56OA73A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 103 103 38686425570 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10776 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 54481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2780 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12682 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12682 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 249108824103 (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 200 253 0	37.9% Below average	Read 69.6 Write 62.5 Mixed 64.4 49% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.19 40% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 40%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 30 Write 26.8 Mixed 27.5 36% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 0.19 4K Mixed 0.07 9% 0.11 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 29.8 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.3 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 76%

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

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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 $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