Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	199% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '19 at 18:21
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 100 2-Core 189 77% 129 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 578 56% 462 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 194 Parallax 198 144% 190 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 181 Splatting 126 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1050 894 637 490 265 261 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1917 Write 1340 Mixed 871 SusWrite 599 262% 1,182 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 56.7 199% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 687 DQ Write 401 DQ Mixed 467 368% 518 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 459GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 97 98 96 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 358 Write 165 Mixed 214 SusWrite 96.7 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 38 124% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 160 122% 166 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 134%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 271GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 166 168 166 170 164 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 445 Write 306 Mixed 303 SusWrite 167 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 34.5 114% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 270 200% 264 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 97%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 132 129 132 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 166 Write 155 Mixed 108 SusWrite 130 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 98%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 222GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 70 71 72 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 74 Write 74.5 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 71 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 159% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 76%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 158 153 152 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 143 Write 122 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 155 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.3 229% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	MC Read 53.2 MC Write 52.3 MC Mixed 48.8 147% 51.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 14.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 47 85% 47 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 139%

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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 $109Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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