Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '19 at 19:05
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$195 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 200 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 645 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% PNY(196E 1325) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65% Good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 87.8 Parallax 76.7 80% 87.4 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 82 Splatting 0.09 36% 50.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 917 501 507 512 510 517 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 913GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 111 112 111 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 63 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 110 58% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 6x4GB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 35.9 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 89%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	447x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	390x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	301x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	107x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	64x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	31x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

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Total price: $723

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16