Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	44.6 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 11:46
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$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 (98^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 609 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1102 MHz, MLim: 1475 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.58% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 4.54 Parallax 5.41 4% 4.76 fps	MRender 4 Gravity 3.6 Splatting 5.48 4% 4.36 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 3.58% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 15 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 67 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 63 63 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 173330801	102% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 411 Mixed 420 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 39.5 153% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 99 104% 172 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
CRUCIAL_CT64M225 64GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 48GB free Firmware: 1916 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 129 21 0 (0C) Power cycle count 38 8 0 (B8) Unknown 5 0 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 0 0 0 (C4) Reallocation count 0 0 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 0 0 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 209 237 52433 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 62 106 8055 (C8) Write error rate 213 93 267 (C9) Soft read error rate 188 83 43 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 62 252 509 (CB) Run out cancel 133 222 350 (CC) Soft ECC correction 0 0 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 16 39 0 (CE) Flying height 1 0 0 (CF) Spin high current 97 1 0 (D0) Spin buzz 80 0 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 100 0 0 (D3) Unknown 0 0 0 (D4) Unknown 0 0 0 (D5) Unknown 0 0 0	26.1% Poor	Read 182 Write 108 Mixed 124 30% 138 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 7.18 4K Mixed 5.13 43% 11.3 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 31%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9270 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3743 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2134 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 61 605618212 (C2) HDA temperature 62 60 655949862 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6475624 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	52.3% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 94.6 Mixed 100 71% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.37 93% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GXM F3-1600C9-8GXM F3-1600C9-8GXM F3-1600C9-8GXM Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 48GB 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 30.3 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.2 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

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 $109Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $896

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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