Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	145% 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	97.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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, 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	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 02:01
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 257 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 805 81% 659 Pts	64-Core 948 59% 948 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.4% 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: 2868 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 221 Parallax 198 170% 209 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 202 Splatting 133 127% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 145% 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% 346GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^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 28372 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 639 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 177 (AE) Unknown 100 100 428 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 53 201864577059 (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 56415071530 (F7) Unknown 100 100 851316371 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3883666157	97.1% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 415 Mixed 445 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 28 127% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 16.4 94% 215 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.1% 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 195 187 5250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 801 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30436 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 638 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 395 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 18 18 548467 (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	60.5% Good	Read 121 Write 90 Mixed 91.7 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.26 90% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.5% 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 (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 140 8966 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1011 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32392 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 803 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 510 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 430223 (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 23	62.8% Good	Read 122 Write 96.2 Mixed 90.9 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.18 87% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.8% 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 (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 170 157 6491 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 933 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 717 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 414 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 467128 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 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	36.7% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 60.5 Mixed 69.7 50% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.7% 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 (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 129 118 6533 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2878 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 55619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1558 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 700 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 3018925 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 30 (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	55% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 92.1 Mixed 85.2 69% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.18 66% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55% 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 @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 39.6 118% 41.5 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 107% 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	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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16