Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	119% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '18 at 22:09
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$100 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 742 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 871 54% 871 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 2261) 3GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Lighting 53.8 Reflection 35.7 Parallax 71.8 44% 53.7 fps	MRender 33.8 Gravity 52.3 Splatting 44.3 36% 43.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 475 359 294 294 296 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 463 Mixed 443 SusWrite 366 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 58.9 192% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 364 274% 367 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 128%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 124 124 125 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 113 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 125 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 131% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$70 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 726GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 110 109 110 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 113 Write 111 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 110 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 74%
ASMT 2105 3TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 806GB free, PID 1053 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 109 116 117 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 129 Write 119 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 114 128% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 32.2 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	447x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	390x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	301x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	107x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	64x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	31x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $723

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16