Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	17.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	54.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '18 at 23:44
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 189 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 531 51% 422 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 196 Parallax 191 130% 182 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 172 Splatting 122 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 40 61 93 118 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 318 Write 95 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 67.2 30% 140 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 13.4 55% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 41.4 DQ Mixed 33.7 39% 68.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 89%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 59GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 432 303 50 53 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 455 Write 456 Mixed 368 SusWrite 216 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 35 115% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 249 209% 301 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 126%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 50GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,087 Write 952 Mixed 729 205% 923 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 30.9 110% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 544 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 461 347% 467 MB/s
Poor: 138% Great: 283%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 855GB free Firmware: X6104000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 164 160 154 158 157 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 328 Write 158 Mixed 174 SusWrite 158 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 29.4 4K Mixed 25.4 73% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 31.3 52% 102 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58% Above average	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 20.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 11.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

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	99x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	60x

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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