Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.82% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111222
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '17 at 16:25
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 188 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 466 48% 386 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% EVGA(3842 1524) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.82% Terrible	Lighting 2.3 Reflection 2.81 Parallax 1.81 2% 2.31 fps	MRender 2.33 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 1.83 2% 2.13 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.82% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 339 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 127 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 72 65 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2392459574	60% Above average	Read 266 Write 211 Mixed 217 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 25.9 94% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 78.9 84% 140 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 243931856 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 424 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1710360 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2925 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 423 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 64 404029464 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16651 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 17179869208 (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 2929167698629 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26420736014609 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22557382493381
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 243170080 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 423 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1943786 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 423 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 64 403963928 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16658 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 4294967320 (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 -132770324018492 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21206109918514 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21630997723108
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 300GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 121 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 412 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3043 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 285 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 45533 (C2) HDA temperature 120 111 23 (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	53.4% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 92 Mixed 90.6 69% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 30.8 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 77%

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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	651x
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 $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