Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 80% Battleship


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 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '19 at 13:02
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	17%

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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 i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 92.8 2-Core 180 67% 117 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 564 60% 477 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$394 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 154 Parallax 154 134% 157 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 140 Splatting 98.7 109% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 421 Write 415 Mixed 328 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 34.8 114% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 226 206% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 56GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 302 303 303 303 302 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 420 Mixed 380 SusWrite 319 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 39.1 134% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 262GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 101 98 95 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 13.2 Write 68.8 Mixed 35 SusWrite 95.4 39% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 70% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 96 98 96 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 55.3 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 96.5 54% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 32.2 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11.7 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 76%

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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 $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