Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 23:41
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 627 68% 537 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 85% 106 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 89.7 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 238GB free Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8270 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 539 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 90 (A9) Unknown 100 100 274 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 125 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 36 154619609117 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 56 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4532 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2096 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2680 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	93% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 445 Mixed 392 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 26.2 127% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 48.7 91% 183 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5100 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 300 (B1) Unknown 99 99 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5735630838	112% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 469 Mixed 498 111% 499 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 43.3 162% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 134 140% 233 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 63GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5525 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 387 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 8 (AE) Unknown 99 99 53 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 997 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 46 39 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 2056 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1217 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1097	229% Outstanding	Read 2,022 Write 1,177 Mixed 1,394 338% 1,531 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 52.3 203% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 152 160% 265 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 220%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 314GB free Firmware: CC3D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 45722787 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5530 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 63 56491978 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30174 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 51540459546 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 437911578 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 51539607578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 19 45722787 (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 -15633680945232 (F1) Unknown 100 253 795557845 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3059838821	59% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 115 Mixed 102 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.54 120% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 230GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1360 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10674 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 448 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1193 (C2) HDA temperature 116 112 27 (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	67.9% Good	Read 118 Write 117 Mixed 109 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 0.34 134% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,409 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 33.9 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 14.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 104%

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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	544x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	388x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $81Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	34x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16