Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics82.4% 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 Drive58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display2103 x 1183 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime1.7 Days
Run DateMay 15 '17 at 20:08
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%
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 PC Performing below expectations (25th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
66.4% Good
Memory 75.4
1-Core 80.9
2-Core 169
63% 108 Pts
4-Core 310
8-Core 490
49% 400 Pts
64-Core 661
41% 661 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 66.4%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.4% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 108
Parallax 94
85% 102 fps
MRender 91.7
Gravity 96.5
Splatting 93.7
77% 94 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
44GB free
Firmware: EXT0
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
42.1% Average
Read 338
Write 114
Mixed 158
44% 203 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 25
4K Mixed 12.3
70% 21.4 MB/s
DQ Read 28.3
DQ Write 28
DQ Mixed 12.1
14% 22.8 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 42.1%
Great: 118%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
58.2% Above average
Read 493
Write 131
Mixed 158
56% 261 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 73.3
4K Mixed 12.7
96% 37.7 MB/s
DQ Read 27.3
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 12.1
25% 47.4 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 58.2%
Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0A80
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
58.6% Above average
Read 98.1
Write 106
Mixed 95.4
75% 99.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.47
4K Write 1.85
4K Mixed 0.2
77% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 58.6%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
35.4% Below average
MC Read 13
MC Write 11.6
MC Mixed 12.1
35% 12.2 GB/s
SC Read 9.2
SC Write 10.6
SC Mixed 8.5
27% 9.43 GB/s
Latency 89.5
45% 89.5 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 35.4%
Great: 65%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,773 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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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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