Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	163% 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 04:12
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 618 68% 537 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 336A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2532 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 159 Parallax 135 122% 148 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 148 Splatting 114 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 943 Write 971 Mixed 912 211% 942 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 39 167% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 133 157% 273 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 36GB free Firmware: DXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15569 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2175 (B1) Unknown 97 97 78 (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 66 45 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1009 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34515004890	46.3% Average	Read 382 Write 84.5 Mixed 158 45% 208 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 11.4 73% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 93.3 DQ Mixed 0.96 28% 68.5 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 415GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 149 10983 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1597 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1480 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1492 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	68.6% Good	Read 114 Write 125 Mixed 115 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.35 125% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 366GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 145 10966 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1599 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1480 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1496 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	72.9% Very good	Read 111 Write 143 Mixed 161 105% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.27 109% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-550.A00LF 4x4GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 38.4 116% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 105% 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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