Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	112% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '16 at 00:12
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$100 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 812 81% 660 Pts	64-Core 1,001 62% 1,001 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 125GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 80GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 532 Write 345 Mixed 365 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 252 4K Mixed 23 216% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 77.1 91% 148 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 118%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 115GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	112% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 348 Mixed 348 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 256 4K Mixed 24.7 215% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 38.8 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 24 64% 128 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 115%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 128GB 1,050 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 34GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 1,034 Write 394 Mixed 546 144% 658 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 245 4K Mixed 33.3 220% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 20.9 62% 123 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 103%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 430GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3017 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2295 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1397 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1619 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.1% Excellent	Read 144 Write 142 Mixed 142 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.34 116% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-1600 4x8GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 53.8 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 50.6 136% 47.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.5 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 127%

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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 $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	447x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	391x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	303x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	107x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	64x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	31x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359