Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '17 at 19:17
Run Duration	495 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 206 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 657 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 186 Parallax 161 131% 169 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 148 Splatting 121 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 13GB free Firmware: 2CV102HA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2164 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1976 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1078 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 60549 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 2032 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 880516887 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	42.5% Average	Read 251 Write 107 Mixed 150 37% 170 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 7.04 73% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 90.5 DQ Mixed 41.6 53% 96.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 46%
Crucial MTFDDAK256MBF-1AN1ZABHA 256GB 2,574 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: M603 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1610 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 40 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 45 (AE) Unknown 100 100 40 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1992872558938 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 150 (C2) HDA temperature 67 59 176094707745 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	70% Very good	Read 261 Write 247 Mixed 255 57% 254 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 31.2 118% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 21 62% 132 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 165GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 94 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 92 (03) Spinup time 118 100 12897616066 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6481 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2101 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 4301076558 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 354484257 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6567 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6567 (C2) HDA temperature 181 133 193274249249 (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 200 196 14263	64.6% Good	Read 112 Write 113 Mixed 105 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.28 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 88GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 68 68 10260 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 9959 (05) Reallocated sector count 78 78 966 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3764 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 60 403636248 (C2) HDA temperature 71 59 487522333 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 29358 (C4) Reallocation count 77 77 966 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	44.8% Average	Read 74.9 Write 80.8 Mixed 69.8 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.41 99% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 36GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 89 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 92 (03) Spinup time 120 100 12897550526 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8627 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 393222 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 62 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10193 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2108 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 84 38655951092 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 371261473 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8685 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8685 (C2) HDA temperature 181 136 188979347489 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 88	66% Good	Read 115 Write 116 Mixed 114 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.27 70% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 14GB free Firmware: SC13 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 115 99 91555523 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 692742951 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39939 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2205 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65556 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 521469983 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 47244640287 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 29 91555523 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 177 992	32.8% Below average	Read 71 Write 43.1 Mixed 58.7 44% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 60%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	6.98% Terrible	Read 27.1 Write 7.79 Mixed 5.85 13% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.62 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.002 21% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.98% Great: 8%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	7.1% Terrible	Read 33.1 Write 5.18 Mixed 7.22 14% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.43 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.04 19% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.1% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 35.8 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 13 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 97%

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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 $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 $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