Asus SABERTOOTH X99

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	126% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X99 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 18:24
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 95.8 2-Core 193 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 603 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 88.6 Parallax 84 67% 84.8 fps	MRender 83.2 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 71.5 62% 77 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 423GB free Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,538 Write 1,256 Mixed 1,447 384% 1,747 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 37.8 153% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 44.9 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 119 97% 132 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 259%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 946 Write 942 Mixed 957 212% 948 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 23.5 95% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 69.6 DQ Mixed 113 68% 71.4 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 313%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 118 Write 155 Mixed 111 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.47 176% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 123%
SAMSUNG HD154UI 1.5TB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 203GB free, PID 1018 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 41.8 Mixed 36.9 51% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.32 62% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 20%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 38GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 244 Write 161 Mixed 145 218% 183 MB/s	4K Read 9.23 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 4.63 555% 8.18 MB/s	DQ Read 11 DQ Write 11.6 DQ Mixed 5.07 609% 9.25 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 36.5 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 115%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X99

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	352x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	156x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	127x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	107x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	85x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	39x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	34x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	33x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	30x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 120%, 113 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	21x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $606

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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