Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.3% 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	48.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120524
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '16 at 05:04
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 95.3 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 565 58% 469 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 0432) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Lighting 34.1 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 43.6 28% 36.5 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 36.8 26% 31.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 433 Write 109 Mixed 122 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 9.23 79% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 81.3 DQ Mixed 37.3 32% 46.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 892GB free Firmware: CC47 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 180 Mixed 172 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.35 104% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M379B5273DH0-YK0 4x4GB 770 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 34.9 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 112%

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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	297x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	100x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	62x

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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $807

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16