Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics67.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime8.1 Days
Run DateJun 23 '18 at 00:36
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 12%

 PC Performing below expectations (24th 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, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
70.4% Very good
Memory 81.9
1-Core 91.4
2-Core 181
68% 118 Pts
4-Core 318
8-Core 514
51% 416 Pts
64-Core 595
37% 595 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 70.4%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615
CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
67.2% Good
Lighting 85.1
Reflection 93.8
Parallax 81.9
69% 86.9 fps
MRender 76
Gravity 82.1
Splatting 73.7
63% 77.2 fps
Poor: 68%
This bench: 67.2%
Great: 83%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
61.5% Good
Read 74.6
Write 139
Mixed 95.4
78% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.82
4K Write 2.65
4K Mixed 0.25
111% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 61.5%
Great: 101%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
726GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
93.3% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 149
Mixed 138
116% 154 MB/s
4K Read 0.93
4K Write 2.34
4K Mixed 0.3
115% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 93.3%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
41.6% Average
MC Read 15.5
MC Write 14.1
MC Mixed 13.7
41% 14.4 GB/s
SC Read 11.3
SC Write 11.4
SC Mixed 10.1
31% 10.9 GB/s
Latency 77.1
52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 41.6%
Great: 98%

 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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