Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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	76.9% 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	61.5% 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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 21:30
Run Duration	340 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 642 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% HP(103C 2B62) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 98 Reflection 103 Parallax 101 80% 101 fps	MRender 86.9 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 84.3 71% 87.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 4 256GB-$90 1,416 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5.2 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 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 31172 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 211 (E8) Unknown 100 100 33065217042 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	61.5% Good	Read 298 Write 197 Mixed 194 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 20.7 111% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 13.7 38% 75.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 87%
Adaptec Array 8TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3TB free Firmware: V1.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 49% Great: 96%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8991 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4513 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36984 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 386 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 225 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4287 (C2) HDA temperature 124 103 28 (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	82.1% Excellent	Read 149 Write 136 Mixed 122 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.5 151% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 581GB free, PID 0551 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 89.2 Write 73.5 Mixed 79.2 102% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.37 59% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 33%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 532GB free, PID 0551 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 90.4 Write 89.5 Mixed 7.46 72% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.37 60% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 33%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 337GB free, PID 0551 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	30% Below average	Read 67.7 Write 74.3 Mixed 21.3 66% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.35 57% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 33%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 147GB free, PID 0551 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 62.3 Write 71.5 Mixed 10.3 58% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.33 56% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 33%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 133GB free, PID 0551 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 68 Write 65.8 Mixed 10.5 56% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.36 56% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 33%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 14GB free, PID 5591, Ultra Flair Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 99.9 Write 27.9 Mixed 38.5 58% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.51 4K Write 2.95 4K Mixed 1.59 182% 4.02 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 29.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 14 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 98%

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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	542x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	385x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	35x

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	19x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

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 $40	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