Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '18 at 10:15
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X-$265 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 187 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 590 60% 485 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 82.6 Parallax 73.1 65% 78.5 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 65.2 58% 72.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 157 161 159 105 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 341 Write 192 Mixed 244 SusWrite 143 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 29.3 102% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 185 148% 208 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 88%
Corsair Neutron XTi 960GB-$358 174 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 562GB free Firmware: SAFC02.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 454 453 449 451 451 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 455 Mixed 357 SusWrite 452 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 27.5 93% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 184 181% 288 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 111%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 439GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 102 103 103 101 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 88 Write 86 Mixed 77 SusWrite 102 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 35.4 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 13 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 98%

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

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	435x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	383x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	101x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,176

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16