Asus P9X79 WS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 WS (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 19:18
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 193 79% 133 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 431 53% 408 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 45.6 Parallax 40.7 39% 44.6 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 36.8 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 140672184 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4075 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12253784 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7183 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1509 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 206161575984 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 4833345566 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33456 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 -140737488355298 (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 -132302172583448 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28811773153886 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -64258743608577	58.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 91.4 74% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.3 80% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 113%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 1D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 154 12358 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8703 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3418 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 814 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 114150 (C2) HDA temperature 119 104 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	76.8% Very good	Read 158 Write 109 Mixed 123 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.44 122% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 83%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 916GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 150 11400 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1481 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 475 (10) Unknown 0 200 10857647969 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1371 (C2) HDA temperature 119 104 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	70.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 119 Mixed 122 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 2.83 4K Mixed 0.28 127% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 510GB free Firmware: CCH4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 85.8 Mixed 89.8 69% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.28 71% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 70%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: A840 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 99 99 131073 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 92 (03) Spinup time 129 129 38686556640 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 704 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 439 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 840 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 840 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 206159675428 (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 200 200 0	50.2% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 86.2 Mixed 72.4 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.14 49% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 82%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 157GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221726216 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6202 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15358840 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9135 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1667 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 72 5141154367616 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 64979533856 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42303 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 -140737488355296 (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 -130055904686294 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12037314870 (F2) Unknown 100 253 63315951022	53.3% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 90.7 Mixed 85.3 68% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.15 61% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 96%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 110GB free Firmware: SC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 140137944 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2112 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8165485 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 785 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 63 555024416 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2113 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 68719476768 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.5% Average	Read 79.2 Write 82.6 Mixed 74.5 59% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.12 66% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 48.9 MC Write 47.7 MC Mixed 43.1 133% 46.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 14.6 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 121%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	106x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	81x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $55Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	9x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $782

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 $179	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