Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130418
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 01:27
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 83.7 2-Core 155 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 537 52% 428 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6170) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 97 Reflection 107 Parallax 101 79% 101 fps	MRender 85.7 Gravity 89.5 Splatting 93.9 74% 89.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 76GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 95 94 81 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 338 Write 150 Mixed 200 SusWrite 85.8 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 26.6 85% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 134 108% 155 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 536GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 118 118 113 141 143 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 166 Write 150 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 125 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 202GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 75 78 80 77 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 85 Write 79 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 76.2 55% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 52%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 469GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 79 80 80 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 78.3 Write 82 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 79.6 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 165% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 123 126 127 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 125 Mixed 89 SusWrite 125 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 30.2 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11.9 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 77%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	434x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	383x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	100x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

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 $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