Asus SABERTOOTH X99

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.8% 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	192% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X99 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 21:02
Run Duration	390 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 724 70% 575 Pts	64-Core 873 54% 873 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 35.1 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 42.6 29% 36.4 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 29.1 Splatting 36.6 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 4TB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 292% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	12.9% Very poor	Read 81.3 Write 92.4 Mixed 71.7 18% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.71 4K Write 8.57 4K Mixed 2.79 11% 4.36 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 9.06 DQ Mixed 7.62 8% 13.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 1007%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,632 Write 1,050 Mixed 1,141 282% 1,274 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 29.3 166% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 125 145% 252 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 236%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 124437112 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 965 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2155917 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 645 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 67 421003289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21860 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 81604378649 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -109551730812958 (F1) Unknown 100 253 275601906876 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6736838190	85.7% Excellent	Read 145 Write 154 Mixed 139 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.22 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 71843088 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 720 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3209799 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 719 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 66 437780505 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38178 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 81604378649 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 69269232561760 (F1) Unknown 100 253 511672261283 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9806018846	89.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 155 Mixed 157 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 96%
SMI USB DISK 8GB 3,022 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	4.88% Terrible	Read 18.9 Write 3.77 Mixed 5.79 9% 9.47 MB/s	4K Read 5.54 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.006 21% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.88% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 2,538 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2801 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 45 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 41.1 123% 43 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 23.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

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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	353x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	157x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	127x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	107x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	86x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	39x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $620

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