Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120803
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 01 '16 at 18:22
Run Duration224 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
77.5% Very good
Memory 90.5
1-Core 102
2-Core 201
76% 131 Pts
4-Core 352
8-Core 481
53% 417 Pts
64-Core 496
31% 496 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 80%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.90
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
65.3% Good
Lighting 83.1
Reflection 85.4
Parallax 75.8
68% 81.4 fps
MRender 81.3
Gravity 76.1
Splatting 67.6
61% 75 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 65.3%
Great: 66%
AMD HD 6850
Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
13.4% Very poor
Lighting 17.6
Reflection 13.7
Parallax 14.7
14% 15.3 fps
MRender 11.6
Gravity 11.6
Splatting 17.3
11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 13.4%
Great: 13%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210
82GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
63.8% Good
Read 369
Write 165
Mixed 231
56% 255 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 42.1
4K Mixed 33.1
107% 34.5 MB/s
DQ Read 123
DQ Write 118
DQ Mixed 70.4
67% 104 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 63.8%
Great: 124%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB
2GB free, PID 5567
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
13.1% Very poor
Read 25.3
Write 9.27
Mixed 15
19% 16.5 MB/s
4K Read 7.11
4K Write 1.85
4K Mixed 1.49
140% 3.48 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 13.1%
Great: 13%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5403-046.A00LF 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
MC Read 31.9
MC Write 35.6
MC Mixed 30.7
94% 32.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 14.8
SC Mixed 12.9
41% 14.5 GB/s
Latency 66.5
60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,774 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $812
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