Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% 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	45.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 40 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121225
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '19 at 06:08
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3970X-$217 2,677 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 97 2-Core 195 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 521 54% 432 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6694) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 188 Parallax 180 123% 173 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 181 Splatting 120 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 90 58 61 56 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 296 Write 141 Mixed 168 SusWrite 77.3 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 23.2 76% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 81.5 DQ Mixed 87.7 74% 110 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 82%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 422GB free Firmware: D005SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 86 86 86 86 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 87 Write 89.3 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 85.5 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 58%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 324GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 108 104 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 99 Write 93.3 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 107 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 69%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 7.3 6.8 7.4 7.5 7.4 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 22.8 Write 10 Mixed 9 SusWrite 7.9 15% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2.1 135% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMV4GX3M1A1600C11 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C1 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C1 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C1 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C1 40GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.7% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 19.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 12.2 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns

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

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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	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 $40	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