Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	243% 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.
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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '18 at 12:33
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 745 72% 593 Pts	64-Core 886 55% 886 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 105 87% 108 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 99.8 80% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1219 1000 1019 1086 1136 1117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,326 Write 1970 Mixed 1,586 SusWrite 1,096 390% 1,745 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 63 202% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 507 DQ Write 389 DQ Mixed 475 348% 457 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 345GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 322 320 324 324 323 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 353 Write 305 Mixed 310 SusWrite 316 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 40.2 130% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 224 169% 227 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 89 88 91 89 89 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 114 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 89.7 65% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 37.3 115% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.4 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 102%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 39%

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

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $812

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16