Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	99.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.9% 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 (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	12.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '17 at 21:51
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$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 way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 85.9 2-Core 150 62% 104 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 421 44% 351 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 152 Parallax 141 100% 139 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 131 Splatting 111 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 239GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q 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 7009 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1181 (B1) Unknown 94 94 72 (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 63 54 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 50 (F1) Unknown 99 99 116024885728	43.9% Average	Read 418 Write 131 Mixed 56.4 43% 202 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 15 4K Mixed 9.02 54% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 21.3 DQ Mixed 20.6 30% 60.8 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 126%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 421GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 7 27 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7860 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5807 (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 95 95 24981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2980 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 7 27 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 449 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 38372 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 83 66 286326801 (C2) HDA temperature 77 64 386990103 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 50763 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 13 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 93 19 873 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	49.3% Average	Read 77.7 Write 93.7 Mixed 99.8 68% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.45 116% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 62%
Toshiba MQ01ABB200 2TB 1,626 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 248GB free Firmware: AY000U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4871 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2538 (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 92 92 3541 (0A) Spinup retry count 150 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 581 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 26 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 24604 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 197569085470 (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 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1428 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 194 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	45.6% Average	Read 85.3 Write 73.9 Mixed 74.8 59% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.05 15% 0.16 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 37 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 33.4 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 10.4 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 99%

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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	91x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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