Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.7% 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	16% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	31.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 06:06
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 84.4 2-Core 154 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 425 43% 347 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 114 Parallax 107 84% 108 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 98.5 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 823GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 85 80 88 87 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	16% Very poor	Read 196 Write 114 Mixed 119 SusWrite 85 29% 128 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 2.8 10% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 121%
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 156GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 88 91 86 87 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.8% Average	Read 154 Write 118 Mixed 120 SusWrite 87.8 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 25.4 96% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 116 97% 142 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 90%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 180 186 186 189 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 182 Mixed 32 SusWrite 185 106% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-036.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/8G 99U5471-036.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.9% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 18 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 57%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	434x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	383x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	100x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $812

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 $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