Asus P9X79-E WS

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79-E WS (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150508
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '17 at 20:10
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 180 63% 110 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 530 54% 436 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P4000 12,628 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Nvidia(10DE 11A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 1901 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.4% Good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 89.6 Parallax 78.6 68% 83.7 fps	MRender 85.7 Gravity 80.6 Splatting 89.1 70% 85.1 fps
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 70%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6226 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1097 (B1) Unknown 98 98 42 (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 64 49 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 151 (F1) Unknown 99 99 41727428219	69.7% Good	Read 476 Write 395 Mixed 395 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 14.9 78% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 15.3 30% 58.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 134%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 8066 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2548 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 433 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27254 (C2) HDA temperature 122 109 30 (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	68.4% Good	Read 127 Write 111 Mixed 111 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.17 84% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 96%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th 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 6966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2283 (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 3342 (0A) Spinup retry count 145 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 594 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2862 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864577058 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1482 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 298 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	75% Very good	Read 128 Write 133 Mixed 124 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.94 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.33 152% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 104%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 929GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 180 5791 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2699 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5014 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 835 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 67840 (C2) HDA temperature 122 107 28 (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	65.7% Good	Read 114 Write 115 Mixed 102 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.26 94% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 83%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 76GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 180 7683 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3695 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 829 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34503 (C2) HDA temperature 121 113 31 (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	46.8% Average	Read 87.5 Write 75.5 Mixed 77.4 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 96%
Fantom HDD 4TB 3TB free, PID 3000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.8% Average	Read 113 Write 115 Mixed 110 145% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.96 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 28.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.4 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 65%

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Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 70%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79-E WS - $499

CPU
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	47x
Xeon E5-2697 v2IntelBench 69%, 1,265 samples	19x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	13x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	10x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	9x

SSD
850 Pro 1TBSamsung $210Bench 105%, 25,365 samples	8x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 2,895 samples	7x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 8x8GBKingstonBench 102%, 125 samples	7x
RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 8x4GBG.SKILLBench 111%, 392 samples	7x

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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 $177	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