Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	93.3% 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 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 06 '17 at 03:06
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 100 2-Core 189 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 793 81% 653 Pts	64-Core 958 59% 958 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.5% 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: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2848 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 217 Parallax 196 151% 199 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 198 Splatting 134 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% 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% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^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 28207 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 621 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 176 (AE) Unknown 100 100 420 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 53 201864577056 (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 56187440500 (F7) Unknown 100 100 844108329 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3869914493	93.3% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 416 Mixed 444 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 24.3 118% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 16.4 89% 202 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.3% 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 way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 193 187 5308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 772 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30271 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 621 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 388 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 19 19 545923 (C2) HDA temperature 122 108 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	61.9% Good	Read 128 Write 87.7 Mixed 91.3 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.24 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.9% 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 as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 140 8958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 982 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32227 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 786 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 503 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 428173 (C2) HDA temperature 123 103 29 (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	65.4% Good	Read 134 Write 93.8 Mixed 89 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.23 97% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.4% 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 (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 171 157 6416 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 904 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35094 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 700 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 407 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 465643 (C2) HDA temperature 121 102 29 (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	37.3% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 67.7 Mixed 60.7 48% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.3% 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 (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 129 118 6516 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2849 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 25 25 55454 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1541 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 692 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 3010432 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 31 (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	56% Above average	Read 103 Write 92.7 Mixed 88.2 71% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56% 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)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 37.6 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 14.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 63%

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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	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