Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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.
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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130418
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '17 at 02:28
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 100 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 591 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.9% Below average	Lighting 41 Reflection 37 Parallax 49 33% 42.3 fps	MRender 51.2 Gravity 46.3 Splatting 34.2 35% 43.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 117 117 164355741 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 110887465679991 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 138 (B1) Unknown 0 0 18 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 41 77312098332 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 77312098332 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 164355741 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 164355741 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 164355741 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 79171 (EA) Unknown 0 0 60549 (F1) Unknown 0 0 60549 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7088	41.9% Average	Read 194 Write 119 Mixed 113 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 12.8 73% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 6.52 37% 85.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 91%
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 51GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 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 (01) Raw read error rate 118 118 196342439 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 136468290894854 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 121 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 43 73017262108 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 73017262108 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 196342439 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 196342439 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 196342439 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2644 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2304 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2304 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2337	43.9% Average	Read 196 Write 116 Mixed 114 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 15.3 78% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 22.8 47% 94.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 91%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 636GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 28.1 Write 26.1 Mixed 27.2 35% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.27 36% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 196 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.1% Below average	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.7 26% 9.17 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 9 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.1% 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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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