Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '16 at 01:57
Run Duration	352 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 230 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 746 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 892 55% 892 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.160.769 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Lighting 87.1 Reflection 61 Parallax 112 71% 86.8 fps	MRender 60.9 Gravity 82.6 Splatting 78.3 61% 73.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 171GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd 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 100 100 326 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3866664 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 526 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 67 287763988507 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 47245557774 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 701 (EA) Unknown 100 100 829 (F1) Unknown 253 253 793 (F2) Unknown 253 253 340 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53.7% Above average	Read 262 Write 181 Mixed 179 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 19.9 83% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 39.8 63% 122 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 108%
Corsair Performance Pro 256GB-$348 318 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5650 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2953 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 119	83.4% Excellent	Read 504 Write 422 Mixed 450 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 31.9 115% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29 DQ Write 60.7 DQ Mixed 17.5 21% 35.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 300GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 168168901 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 54 38660403613 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4975 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3999 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 42950328334 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 505217053 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 15 168168901 (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 20023137550204 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4201538932 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3747176606	43.7% Average	Read 70.3 Write 81.8 Mixed 78.3 58% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.45 89% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 68%
BUFFALO External HDD 3TB 370 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1TB free, PID 0257 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 103 Write 109 Mixed 91.3 130% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.19 89% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 73%
SanDisk SDDR-113 32GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 24GB free, PID a7a8 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	4.17% Terrible	Read 5.68 Write 6.66 Mixed 2.05 6% 4.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.1 25% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.17% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1866 C8 4x4GB 432 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 36.6 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 15.2 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

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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	650x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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