Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.9% 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	44.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 03:23
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3970X-$217 2,677 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 622 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.9% Very good	Lighting 94.9 Reflection 116 Parallax 110 77% 107 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 99 Splatting 101 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 PRO SSD 256GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1222A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 11 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4830 (A5) Unknown 100 100 15 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 464 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20432 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14433 (F5) Unknown 100 100 25704	44.2% Average	Read 364 Write 160 Mixed 187 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 5.26 52% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 9.2 38% 84.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 102%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 14GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 33 Write 15.5 Mixed 25.5 29% 24.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.38 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 1.47 138% 2.66 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 2x8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	48.8% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 11.1 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 55%

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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