Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	139% 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	197% 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 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	Apr 04 '17 at 06:47
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 748 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 930 58% 930 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.8% 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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2920 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 210 Parallax 209 162% 206 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 190 Splatting 135 124% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,612 Write 1,456 Mixed 1,250 321% 1,439 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 20.3 138% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 41.6 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 21.1 31% 54.9 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 254%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 137GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (13^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 40318 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (AA) Unknown 100 100 29 (AB) Unknown 100 100 16 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 35 (AE) Unknown 100 100 66 (B5) Unknown 100 100 7735272277217 (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	49.1% Average	Read 265 Write 240 Mixed 252 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 5.11 58% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 4.51 50% 118 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 74%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 384GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1631 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 130 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 70 58 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1279455815	88.3% Excellent	Read 511 Write 498 Mixed 502 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 22.6 119% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 72.7 DQ Mixed 21.8 25% 41.4 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 77GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26021 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 334 (B1) Unknown 95 95 178 (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 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 152 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27596773080
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 280GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 138 3891 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2133 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 39129 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 478 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 267 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1865 (C2) HDA temperature 110 102 33 (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	68% Good	Read 122 Write 115 Mixed 113 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.42 98% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68% 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 @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 48.9 MC Write 45.9 MC Mixed 41.9 130% 45.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.6 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 117% 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	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