Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	87% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	30 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '16 at 02:21
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$100 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 837 84% 684 Pts	64-Core 1,006 62% 1,006 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 125GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 535 Write 358 Mixed 390 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 16.6 111% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 73.8 110% 202 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 118%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 115GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 69GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	90.9% Outstanding	Read 532 Write 328 Mixed 393 92% 418 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 30 127% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 92.3 114% 199 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 115%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 128GB 1,050 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 9GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 1,040 Write 393 Mixed 501 141% 645 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 30.2 140% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 376 DQ Mixed 72.8 95% 160 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 103%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 425GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2687 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2084 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1477 (C2) HDA temperature 102 93 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80.6% Excellent	Read 141 Write 139 Mixed 140 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.32 113% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-1600 4x8GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 50.9 MC Write 48.3 MC Mixed 46.2 138% 48.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 127%

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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	441x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	385x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	106x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	101x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	30x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $808

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16