Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.9% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 00:00
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 188 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 589 56% 463 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 85% 109 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 99.5 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$48 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 303GB free Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (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 100 100 605 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B4) Unknown 0 0 37 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 49 219043332140 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 645359888 (F7) Unknown 100 100 10489132 (F8) Unknown 100 100 6231822	87.7% Excellent	Read 521 Write 399 Mixed 422 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 36.7 120% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 70.6 65% 94.8 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 125%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16123 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4228 (B1) Unknown 96 96 48 (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 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 428 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33153176675	65.9% Good	Read 474 Write 239 Mixed 223 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 14.1 80% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 32.1 70% 145 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 89%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 106GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10908883 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 100923141540292 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 695 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10908883 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10908883 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10908883 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2068 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2109 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2109 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2737	41.6% Average	Read 213 Write 159 Mixed 133 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 7.86 55% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 32.5 63% 126 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 66%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 74GB free Firmware: 2CV1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th 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 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5964 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5880 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2494 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 114010 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 369 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 3433644687 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	31.1% Below average	Read 225 Write 84.6 Mixed 127 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 6.9 46% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 93.3 DQ Write 77.7 DQ Mixed 38 41% 69.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 44%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 32GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^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 8401 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4429 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 26 (AE) Unknown 100 100 597 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1434523926787 (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 91 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 36 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	44.2% Average	Read 268 Write 223 Mixed 243 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 5.05 56% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 71.7 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 5.92 29% 63.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 74%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 643GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16651 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23576 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7195 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2826 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13824 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 112 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.41 130% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 76%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 123GB free Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 193 183027 (03) Spinup time 195 194 3241 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8040 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6123 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2751 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8040 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.3% Good	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 92.5 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.66 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,073 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 44.9 MC Write 44.8 MC Mixed 40.8 124% 43.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 85%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $320

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 $129Bench 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: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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