Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics85.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive93.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateSep 21 '19 at 08:58
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3960X
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
93.3% Outstanding
Memory 96.2
1-Core 122
2-Core 234
86% 150 Pts
4-Core 486
8-Core 772
77% 629 Pts
64-Core 912
56% 912 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 93.3%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1700 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2
Performing below potential (49th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
85.7% Excellent
Lighting 100
Reflection 93.1
Parallax 159
82% 118 fps
MRender 93.1
Gravity 111
Splatting 130
93% 111 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
298GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 304 305 307 309 309 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
93.2% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 308
Mixed 290
SusWrite 306
79% 352 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 98.1
4K Mixed 32.8
129% 51.3 MB/s
DQ Read 363
DQ Write 309
DQ Mixed 209
192% 294 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 93.2%
Great: 129%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82
111GB free
Firmware: 1.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 334 372 374 354 375 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
93.9% Outstanding
Read 402
Write 375
Mixed 295
SusWrite 364
81% 359 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 90.6
4K Mixed 35.7
134% 51 MB/s
DQ Read 308
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 249
209% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 93.9%
Great: 98%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80
768GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 138 139 140 141 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
78.1% Very good
Read 133
Write 90.9
Mixed 70
SusWrite 139
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
115% Outstanding
MC Read 47.2
MC Write 46.1
MC Mixed 41.7
129% 45 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 17.1
SC Mixed 15.5
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 53.3
75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 115%
Great: 77%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,776 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $812
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HDDRAMUSB
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