Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	130% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 13:52
Run Duration	484 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 100 2-Core 201 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 657 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 83AE) 1GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 17.6 16% 20.2 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 23.1 19% 23.4 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 487GB 751 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 952 Write 928 Mixed 666 189% 849 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 21.7 101% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 24.7 46% 86.1 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 214%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 185GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 154 6966 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18938 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2875 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 266 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18900 (C2) HDA temperature 120 80 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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.8% Below average	Read 71.5 Write 59.8 Mixed 62.8 49% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.33 88% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 51%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$59 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 120GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 116 (03) Spinup time 124 124 38685180362 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10749 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 31 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3203 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 10935 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 10935 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 201864314914 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 35 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	36.4% Below average	Read 73 Write 53.4 Mixed 52.5 45% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.25 84% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 61%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 64GB-$11 1,208 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 58GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	7.09% Terrible	Read 33.9 Write 4.77 Mixed 6.79 14% 15.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.71 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.003 18% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.09% Great: 38%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 32GB 721 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 6GB free, PID dd1a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 118 Write 26.3 Mixed 34.2 58% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.89 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 1.08 85% 2.88 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 32%
Generic- SD/MMC 2GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	5.19% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 6.11 Mixed 8.78 12% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.75 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.23 24% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.19% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 1,004 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 35.3 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.4 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 70%

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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