Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '19 at 12:03
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 189 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 542 57% 456 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC7) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 2200 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 88.2 Parallax 79.8 82% 89.6 fps	MRender 76.5 Gravity 79.8 Splatting 76.5 64% 77.6 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 33 35 35 35 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 91%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 476GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 317 317 333 331 332 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,362 Write 1,364 Mixed 1,018 SusWrite 331 228% 1,019 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 47.9 164% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 604 DQ Write 438 DQ Mixed 271 270% 438 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 537GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 141 145 143 142 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 150 Write 161 Mixed 77 SusWrite 142 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 180 176 159 158 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 151 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 168 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 108%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 7,128 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 136 136 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 137 Write 138 Mixed 20 SusWrite 135 140% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 36% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 261 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 29.4 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 12.2 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 99%

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

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 79%

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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 $94Bench 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 $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