Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.3% 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.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '16 at 13:39
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 213 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 623 65% 521 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7563 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 80 Parallax 68.6 64% 75.6 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 71.1 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 1.2TB-$1,000 994 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 584GB free Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,509 Write 1,108 Mixed 1,311 291% 1,309 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 40.1 156% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 148 154% 253 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 250%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 23129180 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -116299124410242 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 666 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 109 (B1) Unknown 0 0 13 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 38657523742 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23129180 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23129180 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23129180 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 91 91 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 92439 (EA) Unknown 0 0 94837 (F1) Unknown 0 0 94837 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15654	57.3% Above average	Read 471 Write 171 Mixed 249 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 9.83 82% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 9.78 35% 72.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 91%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 184 100 9766 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 175 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 171 (C2) HDA temperature 112 109 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0	79.5% Very good	Read 101 Write 175 Mixed 138 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.89 4K Mixed 0.32 114% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 185 100 9750 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 117 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 113 (C2) HDA temperature 113 110 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0	81.2% Excellent	Read 100 Write 182 Mixed 147 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.3 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 118%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 973GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 135 11508 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1578 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 102 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1500 (C2) HDA temperature 116 80 36 (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	59.9% Above average	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 107 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 98%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 953GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 144 9566 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7276 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2228 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7156 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 35 (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 200 196 0	53% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 94.4 Mixed 80 66% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.35 89% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 785 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 34.5 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 92%

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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	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 $45	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