Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics2.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 26 '18 at 07:09
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User SVN-User
Background CPU 47%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87% Excellent
Memory 95.8
1-Core 128
2-Core 256
90% 160 Pts
4-Core 422
8-Core 645
66% 533 Pts
64-Core 651
40% 651 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 87%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6570
XFX(1682 3195) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.850.0.0
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
2.94% Terrible
Lighting 3.6
Reflection 4.62
Parallax 5.31
3% 4.51 fps
MRender 2.33
Gravity 5.13
Splatting 3.3
3% 3.59 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 2.94%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129
775GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 443 444 427 424 443 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 511
Write 482
Mixed 470
SusWrite 436
107% 475 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 95.5
4K Mixed 54.7
182% 63.5 MB/s
DQ Read 306
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 296
223% 297 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 117%
Great: 133%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
95.8% Outstanding
MC Read 35.4
MC Write 38.4
MC Mixed 35.8
104% 36.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 17.1
SC Mixed 15
48% 17 GB/s
Latency 54.6
73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 95.8%
Great: 76%

 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 - $320

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $796
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