Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.45% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime1.3 Days
Run DateMay 07 '19 at 23:57
Run Duration168 Seconds
Run User MYS-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3930K
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
78% Very good
Memory 87.4
1-Core 94.6
2-Core 185
72% 122 Pts
4-Core 370
8-Core 597
59% 484 Pts
64-Core 695
43% 695 Pts
Poor: 66%
This bench: 78%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 2000D
Nvidia(10DE 0914) 1GB
CLim: 625 MHz, MLim: 652 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 369.9
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
6.45% Terrible
Lighting 7.53
Reflection 8.88
Parallax 6.25
6% 7.56 fps
MRender 9.52
Gravity 8.07
Splatting 8.43
7% 8.68 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 6.45%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 4,061
Write 3742
Mixed 3,756
860% 3,853 MB/s
4K Read 215
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 130
556% 155 MB/s
DQ Read 543
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 401
307% 421 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83
279GB free
Firmware: 1AJ100E4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 140 142 141 134 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Read 142
Write 143
Mixed 71.5
SusWrite 139
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
976GB free
Firmware: CC4C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 142 142 145 148 143 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
82.5% Excellent
Read 145
Write 101
Mixed 81.2
SusWrite 143
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
MC Read 33.9
MC Write 33.1
MC Mixed 30.8
93% 32.6 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 12.7
SC Mixed 12.2
37% 13 GB/s
Latency 70.1
57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,777 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 - $335

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $812
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