Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.7 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 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 09:34
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	63% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 187 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 483 42% 358 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63% 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: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.08% Terrible	Lighting 2.7 Reflection 3.38 Parallax 1.12 2% 2.4 fps	MRender 3.24 Gravity 1.8 Splatting 1.96 2% 2.33 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.08% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$140 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 6751689500946 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2450 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2190 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2190 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1560095 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1560095 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1347849 (F9) Unknown 100 100 37322	58.6% Above average	Read 481 Write 195 Mixed 261 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 17.2 70% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 73.8 DQ Mixed 64 67% 115 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 806GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6714512 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5858 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 41388785 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3220 (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 77 61 8976924695 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44135 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 -140737488355305 (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 32684701132531 (F1) Unknown 100 253 76435812630750 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -52333858946108	102% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 188 Mixed 169 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.41 122% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B 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 112 99 49280984 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6418 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55502907 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19615 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3188 (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 75 58 420675609 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 87889 (C2) HDA temperature 25 42 55834574873 (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 -96752728267350 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -68213822628596 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35720003163760	69.2% Good	Read 120 Write 121 Mixed 111 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.38 102% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 114%

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 (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 31.6 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 11.7 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86% 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	542x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	384x
Core i7-4930KIntel $95Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	35x

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	19x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $896

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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