Asus P9X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 00:57
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 111 2-Core 213 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 556 61% 481 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36C5) CLim: 1596 MHz, MLim: 1742 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Lighting 40.4 Reflection 37.7 Parallax 33.7 33% 37.2 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 35.5 Splatting 35.4 30% 36.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001MBC1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226278248 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 52502925 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 134514080745404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 672 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 555221025 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 55 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 287 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 716 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 47244640289 (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 99 99 89597312763583 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8669003756 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17695511498 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	52.4% Above average	Read 103 Write 79.4 Mixed 73.4 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.15 52% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 63%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$20 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 18GB free Firmware: 0002CE02 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184718208 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1007 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7367424 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2089 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 571998242 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 652 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2471 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 47244640290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 28 184718208 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	24.7% Poor	Read 44.4 Write 41.5 Mixed 51.8 35% 45.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.24 58% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 43%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 179GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 80 Write 83.6 Mixed 71.8 101% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 17.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 12.6 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 67%

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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	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