Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.9% 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	73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	32.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '16 at 18:26
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%

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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 53.5 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 169 59% 106 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 513 50% 408 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3213) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.9% Poor	Lighting 35.7 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 56.7 29% 41 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 45.4 Splatting 39 31% 38 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 228GB 544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 875 Write 263 Mixed 376 110% 505 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 21.1 4K Mixed 10.4 46% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 68.3 82% 145 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 96 176457176 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 506 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1088 (07) Seek error rate 65 50 42979051410 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 504 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 44 44 56 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 689897509 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 494 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 33 33 135598 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 17179869221 (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 -22535693379182 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46951851610991 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24997883649107	107% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 185 Mixed 155 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.44 118% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176227936 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 423 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 12885309871 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 666 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 351 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 47 891617321 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1593 (C2) HDA temperature 41 53 34359738409 (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 -236223201064 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4769564712239 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3540829611491	92.2% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 171 Mixed 141 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.31 100% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 113%
Msft Virtual HD 21GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 16GB free Firmware: 10.0 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 99.2 Write 69.6 Mixed 57.1 56% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.66 4K Write 5.91 4K Mixed 7.78 1,210% 6.45 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 49%
StoreJet Transcend 500GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 456GB free, PID 2509 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 29.4 Write 26.5 Mixed 28.7 36% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.41 80% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1600 8x8GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 26.8 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 10.2 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 148 27% 148 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 96%

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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	386x
Core i7-4930KIntel $88Bench 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 $80Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

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	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16