Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.6% 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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '17 at 16:18
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 175 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 317 38% 295 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 142 Parallax 138 104% 136 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 106 95% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 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 100 100 122904784146536 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 87 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 44 51542491165 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 344 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 962892 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 63 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 69 69 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 962892 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1660726 (F9) Unknown 100 100 169236	48.6% Average	Read 256 Write 148 Mixed 208 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 17.2 87% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 3.23 24% 53.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 82%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 257GB free Firmware: AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 165 160 6741 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7032 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 42 42 474244 (C2) HDA temperature 122 110 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	44.8% Average	Read 89.9 Write 66.1 Mixed 60.7 54% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 120GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 29063864 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3038 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 89891519 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23646 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 98 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 487981085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 33 33 135099 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 42949672989 (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 -96890167213408 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26143895761 (F2) Unknown 100 253 307993787430	69.3% Good	Read 124 Write 118 Mixed 96.3 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 49GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166717360 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4847 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24014118 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10841 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131075 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 488046621 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40734 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 55834574877 (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 -132538395781891 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11810375521 (F2) Unknown 100 253 69234737376	77.9% Very good	Read 145 Write 126 Mixed 116 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.52 175% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 11.1 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 62%

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

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 $300	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 $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