Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.14% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	97.8% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 13:38
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 243 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 728 76% 607 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 8A92) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 405 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.14% Terrible	Lighting 8.27 Reflection 7.73 Parallax 8.62 7% 8.21 fps	MRender 7.71 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 10.4 8% 9.51 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.14% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 30219 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 344 (B1) Unknown 94 94 61 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 61 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 236 (F1) Unknown 99 99 82292121398	97.8% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 355 Mixed 355 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 27.8 144% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 89.2 124% 233 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 126%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 861GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 156 151 11183 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9080 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19452 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 324 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8872 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 33 (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	73.4% Very good	Read 127 Write 128 Mixed 133 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.86 4K Mixed 0.26 120% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 112%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	3.18% Terrible	Read 14.4 Write 4.25 Mixed 4.31 8% 7.64 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.002 3% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.18% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 51.5 MC Write 51.7 MC Mixed 45.9 142% 49.7 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.5 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 123%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	652x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	230x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	38x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	27x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

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 $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 $45	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