Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.37% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.5% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '16 at 13:16
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	CYP-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 99.6 2-Core 198 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 497 55% 433 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% XFX(1682 3203) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.37% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 1.85 Parallax 1.91 2% 1.85 fps	MRender 1.33 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 1.39 1% 1.43 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.37% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State 240GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 321 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 227	87.5% Excellent	Read 521 Write 459 Mixed 457 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 14.5 91% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 64 105% 205 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 596GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 135 3950 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 136 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23719 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 136 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 127 127 219473 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 125 Mixed 124 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.23 116% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 3x4GB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3 of 8 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 8.2 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 8.2 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 84%

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

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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