Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	93.4% 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	143% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '17 at 00:56
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	22%

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 i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 77.3 1-Core 84.1 2-Core 162 63% 108 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 480 49% 394 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2730 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 105 Reflection 156 Parallax 168 86% 143 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 161 Splatting 119 109% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 1,178 Write 905 Mixed 997 228% 1,027 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 21.8 114% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 63.7 70% 117 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 283%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$80 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 131 131 47283307086 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7596 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16523 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 737 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8467 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8467 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 223339413529 (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 7	78.6% Very good	Read 140 Write 134 Mixed 127 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.23 101% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 92%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA20N Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 65537 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 105 (03) Spinup time 117 117 51580043881 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 13984 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35353 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2795 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 14191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 14191 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 266288234519 (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 27	60.4% Good	Read 101 Write 110 Mixed 106 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.37 92% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 861GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9602 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15232 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 814 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 268 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 45761 (C2) HDA temperature 124 102 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 200 198 168 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.5% Good	Read 103 Write 111 Mixed 102 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.3 113% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 84%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 355GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16461664 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3416 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 52 52 979300467190 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (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 53 588644376 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 81321 (C2) HDA temperature 24 47 64424509464 (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 67448166420342 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47696475472 (F2) Unknown 100 253 460484275413	89.1% Excellent	Read 164 Write 146 Mixed 148 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.15 70% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 313GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 172 170 6358 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8836 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 797 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 56064 (C2) HDA temperature 127 95 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 11	65% Good	Read 126 Write 101 Mixed 57.8 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 158GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2439 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 489 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48535 (C2) HDA temperature 124 101 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	62.8% Good	Read 108 Write 111 Mixed 105 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.23 109% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 30.2 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 11.1 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 85.7 47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 54%

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	647x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	229x

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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