Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.5% 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	52.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	41.8 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 20:12
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 183 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 519 53% 429 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 106 Parallax 94.8 83% 101 fps	MRender 90.6 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 85 73% 89.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 15788875 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 88880053243422 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3193 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 249 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 91 55840538663 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15788875 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15788875 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15788875 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23006 (EA) Unknown 0 0 25236 (F1) Unknown 0 0 25236 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10606	52.5% Above average	Read 326 Write 151 Mixed 198 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 15 78% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 63.9 74% 129 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 94%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 139 Write 136 Mixed 118 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 0.13 4K Mixed 0.06 12% 0.08 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 98%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 171 8041 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4512 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5817 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2586 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 750 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14476 (C2) HDA temperature 114 109 38 (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	65.4% Good	Read 120 Write 108 Mixed 91.7 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$64 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 83856240 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6267 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11517941 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2783 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 3932221 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 49 103786086442 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 775 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28219 (C2) HDA temperature 42 51 -140737488355286 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -111845243353708 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9481436186 (F2) Unknown 100 253 71133423255	73.9% Very good	Read 138 Write 120 Mixed 115 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.17 46% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 743GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215282097 (03) Spinup time 96 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6090 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 151702086 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 46716 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3402 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 59 867604955465 (BD) vendor-specific 71 71 29 (BE) vendor-specific 57 50 723779627 (C2) HDA temperature 43 50 51539607595 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 21 215282097 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -25958782292615 (F1) Unknown 100 253 940917746 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3894763602	53.6% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 91 Mixed 82.9 68% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.44 94% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C10 6x8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 6 of 8 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.1% Above average	MC Read 23 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 21 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 11.2 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 88%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

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	297x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	100x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	62x

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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $807

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16