Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics9.81% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive183% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140506
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 03 '18 at 09:49
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Memory 89.6
1-Core 109
2-Core 219
80% 139 Pts
4-Core 383
8-Core 688
64% 536 Pts
64-Core 821
51% 821 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250
Device(0000 0000) 1GB
CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
9.81% Terrible
Lighting 11
Reflection 12.8
Parallax 9.28
9% 11.1 fps
MRender 15.3
Gravity 11.4
Splatting 14.8
11% 13.8 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 9.81%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
183% Outstanding
Read 1,292
Write 826
Mixed 1,071
236% 1,063 MB/s
4K Read 48.2
4K Write 149
4K Mixed 53.6
220% 83.4 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 158
163% 269 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 183%
Great: 283%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110
149GB free
Firmware: 0A82
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
48.8% Average
Read 86.1
Write 83.5
Mixed 79.4
62% 83 MB/s
4K Read 0.78
4K Write 1.91
4K Mixed 0.21
92% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 48.8%
Great: 100%
WD WD6001FFWX-68Z39N0 6TB
55GB free
Firmware: 0A81
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 60% Great: 122%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
85.9% Excellent
MC Read 35.3
MC Write 33.3
MC Mixed 30.9
95% 33.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 15.4
SC Mixed 12.1
41% 14.3 GB/s
Latency 67.8
59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,773 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $812
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HDDRAMUSB
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