Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	41.9% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	45 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '17 at 00:33
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 193 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 604 60% 487 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.5% 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: 382.5 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 85% 105 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 87.6 76% 93.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 392GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,554 Write 1,321 Mixed 1,148 298% 1,341 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 27.1 126% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 17.8 36% 67.9 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 254%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7398849 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 -30743375884507 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 275 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 91 55840538659 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7398849 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7398849 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7398849 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23628 (EA) Unknown 0 0 26101 (F1) Unknown 0 0 26101 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11146	41.9% Average	Read 356 Write 156 Mixed 208 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 26.6 4K Mixed 9.07 52% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 20.7 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 9.68 24% 47.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 94%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 139 12000 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 195 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (10) Unknown 1 199 25841963211 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 172 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 41 (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	81% Excellent	Read 141 Write 140 Mixed 129 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 3.09 4K Mixed 0.34 133% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81% 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 above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 171 8083 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4767 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2632 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 773 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15673 (C2) HDA temperature 117 109 35 (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	66.6% Good	Read 118 Write 114 Mixed 96 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.16 81% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110474016 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13955841 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2829 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 4128832 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 49 103702003749 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 798 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29085 (C2) HDA temperature 37 51 -140737488355291 (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 23811298690622 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11698663282 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77970527699	85.6% Excellent	Read 159 Write 139 Mixed 133 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.33 86% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 113%

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 as expected (59^th percentile)	66% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 23.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 88%

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Gaming 45%

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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	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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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