Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	43% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	103% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121126
Uptime	23.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '17 at 02:55
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 98 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 487 51% 407 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 807 MHz, MLim: 1151 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.7.3 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43% Average	Lighting 53.4 Reflection 48 Parallax 62.5 44% 54.7 fps	MRender 46.9 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 60.3 42% 49.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB 1,438 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24068 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 40 (B1) Unknown 95 95 49 (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 67 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9010674801	103% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 487 Mixed 485 110% 490 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 29.4 128% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 95.7 139% 260 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 86 221097672 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10229 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 26029522725 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 34059 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 775 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1357 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 43488313373 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61599 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 -140737488355299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 92234422702231 (F1) Unknown 100 253 67195010966186 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50095722794776	55.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 88.2 Mixed 141 85% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.39 90% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 114%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 750GB 305 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 40GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 27.9 Mixed 11.7 28% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.2 21% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SUPERTALENT02 4x4GB 565 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 34.6 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 93%

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Gaming 58%

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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	650x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	229x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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