Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.8% 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 Drive32% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 15 '19 at 16:49
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.4% Excellent
Memory 94.8
1-Core 118
2-Core 235
85% 149 Pts
4-Core 465
8-Core 456
62% 460 Pts
64-Core 448
28% 448 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 87.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.2
Performing below potential (74th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.8% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 114
Parallax 102
84% 106 fps
MRender 94.6
Gravity 97.3
Splatting 92.4
77% 94.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.8%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RG21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 24 24 24 24 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile)
32% Below average
Read 406
Write 23.8
Mixed 50.6
SusWrite 24.3
27% 126 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.8
54% 12 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 32%
Great: 87%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24
179GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 96 97 98 96 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
55.5% Above average
Read 96.6
Write 93.2
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 96.6
64% 86.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1
174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 55.5%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5402-434.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 9905402-532.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
97.2% Outstanding
MC Read 36.3
MC Write 42.9
MC Mixed 32.7
107% 37.3 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 17.1
SC Mixed 14.3
48% 16.7 GB/s
Latency 57.7
69% 57.7 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,774 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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