Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '17 at 16:00
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 199 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 787 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 962 60% 962 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2865 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 195 Parallax 193 134% 184 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 176 Splatting 112 109% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
LSI MR9260-8i 16TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 8.5TB free Firmware: 2.13 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 36% Great: 52%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 74 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28101 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 614 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 176 (AE) Unknown 100 100 416 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 53 201864577053 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 55961244325 (F7) Unknown 100 100 836988582 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3860928983	87.7% Excellent	Read 487 Write 412 Mixed 444 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 15.8 105% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 17.2 87% 198 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 187 5358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 761 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 385 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 19 19 544907 (C2) HDA temperature 124 108 26 (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	60% Good	Read 120 Write 89.3 Mixed 89 74% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 140 9433 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 971 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 780 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 500 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 427265 (C2) HDA temperature 126 103 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 13 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 11 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 25	59.1% Above average	Read 110 Write 95.4 Mixed 89.9 74% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.23 94% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 987GB free Firmware: AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 164 157 6758 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 893 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 694 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 464754 (C2) HDA temperature 124 102 26 (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 1	34.8% Below average	Read 59.2 Write 62.1 Mixed 66.2 47% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 740GB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 124 118 6766 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2838 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 25 25 55349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1535 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 689 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 3004842 (C2) HDA temperature 119 100 28 (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	60.4% Good	Read 114 Write 96.7 Mixed 79.4 72% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.24 77% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 38 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 63%

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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