Asus SABERTOOTH X99

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.3% 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	89.5% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X99 (all builds)
Memory	55.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '18 at 22:05
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 87.5 2-Core 174 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 586 56% 462 Pts	64-Core 1,030 64% 1,030 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 362D) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 20.2 19% 20 fps	MRender 25.1 Gravity 23.3 Splatting 16.6 17% 21.7 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 122GB free Firmware: X35510RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 179 117 170 131 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 398 Write 368 Mixed 201 SusWrite 153 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 20.8 102% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 69.4 107% 205 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 113GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 185 216 193 213 210 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 461 Write 443 Mixed 360 SusWrite 200 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 35.7 117% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 288 217% 291 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 124%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 102GB free Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 219 215 216 215 216 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 934 Write 404 Mixed 240 SusWrite 222 99% 450 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 38.3 124% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 312 234% 315 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 241GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 243 247 245 254 255 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 442 Write 430 Mixed 375 SusWrite 247 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 43.3 138% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 293 221% 297 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 134%
Toshiba HDWN180 8TB 898 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 1.5TB free Firmware: GX2M SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 221 214 222 224 220 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 212 Mixed 94 SusWrite 219 131% 180 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.8 275% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 131%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$107 691 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: DN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 128 131 132 131 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 117%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 629GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 176 180 180 188 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 161 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 180 96% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 101% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 437GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 102 101 103 103 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 185 Write 140 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 101 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x8GB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 48.3 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 43.5 129% 45.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 21 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 142%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X99

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	353x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	157x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	127x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	107x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	86x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	39x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	34x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	33x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	30x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 120%, 113 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	21x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $620

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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