Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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	84.2% 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	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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 11:19
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 693 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 159 Parallax 150 128% 155 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 149 Splatting 117 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 432GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 674 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 138 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 134 (F1) Unknown 99 99 85455441	42.6% Average	Read 306 Write 136 Mixed 187 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 27.2 4K Mixed 13.7 70% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 38.4 DQ Mixed 14.5 16% 26.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 686 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 214 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 61 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3233107582	84.2% Excellent	Read 511 Write 414 Mixed 422 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 23.4 120% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.4 DQ Write 88.4 DQ Mixed 24.9 30% 49.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 134%
Kingston HyperX 240GB-$65 502 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 97GB free Firmware: BBF0 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 106 106 13712475 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -25331717099994 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2705 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1654 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 39 47247196183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13712475 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13712475 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13712475 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9495 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4965 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4965 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4607	65% Good	Read 471 Write 229 Mixed 295 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 12.9 103% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 99.3 DQ Mixed 12.1 24% 46.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 92%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 594GB free Firmware: 1112 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8400 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 6781 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17734 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4645 (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 85 66 252248079 (C2) HDA temperature 78 64 369688598 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 280918 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	70.1% Very good	Read 107 Write 137 Mixed 97.1 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.56 136% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 652GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 11 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 67 9806 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3450 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14717 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3441 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 60 171799347226 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 114 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3599	63% Good	Read 92.8 Write 126 Mixed 105 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.51 134% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 594GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 33 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9326 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3893 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16003 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3859 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389281821 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 41 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4045	50.4% Above average	Read 75.9 Write 99.6 Mixed 87.2 66% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.35 102% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 369GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 13 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9295 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4966 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16326 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3859 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684249117 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 75 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 3 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5086	80.9% Excellent	Read 118 Write 164 Mixed 133 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.83 4K Mixed 0.27 105% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 36 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 31.4 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 96%

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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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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