Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	144% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	154% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 03:05
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 860 85% 693 Pts	64-Core 1,013 63% 1,013 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2935 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Lighting 205 Reflection 226 Parallax 199 167% 210 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 197 Splatting 139 130% 161 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 983 Write 889 Mixed 834 201% 902 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 223 4K Mixed 21.7 191% 91.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 100 91% 130 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 237%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 153GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 118784 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 40313 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 491 (AA) Unknown 100 100 29 (AB) Unknown 100 100 16 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 35 (AE) Unknown 100 100 59 (B5) Unknown 100 100 7692322473177 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 36 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 74 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 29 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 16	45.7% Average	Read 263 Write 240 Mixed 250 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 5.18 67% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 19.8 DQ Write 65.1 DQ Mixed 3.83 14% 29.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 74%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 58GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1228 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 116 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 74 58 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 997042455	63.7% Good	Read 264 Write 250 Mixed 257 58% 257 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 24.6 109% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 24 44% 82.6 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 359GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 138 3491 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2003 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 38723 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 452 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 252 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1750 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 21 (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	65% Good	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 109 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.39 113% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C7 4x4GB 330 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	MC Read 52.8 MC Write 50.4 MC Mixed 45.5 142% 49.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 100%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 79%

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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	99x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	60x

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 $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