Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.7% 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	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '19 at 03:46
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 234 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 657 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 871 54% 871 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89% 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: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 81 82% 90.7 fps	MRender 79.6 Gravity 83 Splatting 78.7 66% 80.4 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 40 41 41 41 41 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: 357 355 357 361 364 357 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,358 Write 1019 Mixed 906 SusWrite 358 203% 910 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 63.7 219% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 638 DQ Write 581 DQ Mixed 140 234% 453 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 502GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 140 139 139 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 151 Write 155 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 139 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 160 161 161 161 160 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 144 Write 191 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 160 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 367% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 108%

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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 37 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 15.3 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 99%

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,774 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	100x

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	61x

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