Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121126
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 21:12
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 192 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 603 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 400 1,018 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 0893) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.05% Terrible	Lighting 2.63 Reflection 3.38 Parallax 1.12 2% 2.38 fps	MRender 3.24 Gravity 1.8 Splatting 1.96 2% 2.33 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.05% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$90 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 840GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 0 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1155 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 439 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 57 184684773410 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11365574854 (F7) Unknown 100 100 355736061 (F8) Unknown 100 100 45075169 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4390 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	68.6% Good	Read 472 Write 330 Mixed 334 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 19.9 78% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 50.7 60% 105 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20499264 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6091 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49659568 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18873 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2870 (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 64 58 622985252 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 83538 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 55834574884 (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 3367254369264 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -115260717758438 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14789330378113	79.4% Very good	Read 137 Write 140 Mixed 113 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.38 99% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 816GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36021224 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5507 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 39869593 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17633 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2871 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 9128771616 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40457 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 -140737488355296 (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 5866925335880 (F1) Unknown 100 253 73898214944182 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -56003977849191	101% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 186 Mixed 162 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 116% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-547.A00LF 4x8GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 31.4 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

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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	543x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	386x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

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	20x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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