Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	120% 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.

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, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '19 at 20:11
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 763 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 900 56% 900 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2117 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.8% Below average	Lighting 0.23 Reflection 48.2 Parallax 166 0% 71.4 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 125 Splatting 130 96% 115 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 491 484 487 412 286 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 492 Mixed 456 SusWrite 441 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 54.5 182% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 129%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 111GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 354 375 356 377 353 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 376 Mixed 295 SusWrite 365 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 35 131% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 247 208% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 98%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 768GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 136 139 141 140 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 140 Write 90.3 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 139 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 47.2 MC Write 45.6 MC Mixed 41 127% 44.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 77%

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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	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	62x

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 $269	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 $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 $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