Asus P9X79 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '16 at 06:50
Run Duration	310 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 206 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 620 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 806 50% 806 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 198 Parallax 197 140% 189 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 171 Splatting 121 113% 140 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 8 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 30586 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 389 (B1) Unknown 85 85 529 (B3) Unknown 99 99 8 (B5) Unknown 99 99 8 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 172 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1095709820	76.5% Very good	Read 484 Write 273 Mixed 285 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 23.6 107% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 62.3 81% 147 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 116%
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 18GB free Firmware: SAFM12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2503 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 98 98 0 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 68 43 244814315552	41.2% Average	Read 353 Write 94.4 Mixed 128 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 24 4K Mixed 7.1 57% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 67.8 DQ Mixed 26.9 44% 86.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 99%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 64GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 136 10425 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1837 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16770 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 241 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1732 (C2) HDA temperature 105 87 47 (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	65.5% Good	Read 107 Write 121 Mixed 126 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.89 4K Mixed 0.21 93% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 100%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$182 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 36GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 130 10958 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2134 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 263 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2021 (C2) HDA temperature 99 85 53 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48% Average	Read 84.2 Write 82.8 Mixed 83.1 63% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.25 99% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 98%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$80 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 17GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 175 7591 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2243 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20806 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 263 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 46188 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	52.2% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 90.2 Mixed 88.6 68% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.24 106% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 100%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 13GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 198 230366 (03) Spinup time 193 189 3350 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2259 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 50108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 696 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 280 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2269 (C2) HDA temperature 106 85 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.1% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 96.9 Mixed 83.5 67% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.54 129% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 68%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 9GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 45 (03) Spinup time 182 176 5875 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2188 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 257 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2076 (C2) HDA temperature 106 91 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67% Good	Read 118 Write 115 Mixed 97.3 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.16 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 8GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 176 5916 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2347 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 348 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2208 (C2) HDA temperature 112 93 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	47.5% Average	Read 88.6 Write 76.2 Mixed 85.4 63% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.21 108% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 88%
WDC WD10 EADS-00L5B1 1TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 100GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 86.8 Write 83.9 Mixed 73.5 104% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.3 96% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 213C1 V3 Series 4x8GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 42.2 MC Mixed 34.9 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 122%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 DELUXE - $500

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	256x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	162x
Core i7-3960XIntel $265Bench 78%, 2,165 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	32x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	19x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	12x
DDR3 1600G DDR3 1600G Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 12GBAdataBench 52%, 28 samples	11x

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Total price: $1,056

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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