Asus SABERTOOTH X99

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.9% 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 Drive	183% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X99 (all builds)
Memory	21.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160818
Uptime	15.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '19 at 07:23
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 240 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 717 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 873 54% 873 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.2 84% 104 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 80.4 73% 89.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 715 519 462 443 269 180 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1,807 Write 904 Mixed 728 SusWrite 431 213% 968 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 46.5 175% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 866 DQ Write 526 DQ Mixed 707 524% 700 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 363%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 181GB free Firmware: 010G SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 247 266 264 262 259 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 446 Write 239 Mixed 250 SusWrite 253 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 13.5 87% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 23.6 43% 84.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 74%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 113GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 338 201 148 145 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 462 Write 428 Mixed 349 SusWrite 231 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 34.6 132% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 195 190% 301 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 118%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 408GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 151 151 149 149 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 162 Mixed 115 SusWrite 150 113% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.8 358% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 117%
Seagate FreeAgent 2TB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 2TB free, PID 3001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 41 42 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 10 Mixed 16 SusWrite 41.7 33% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 22.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 120%

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

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Gaming 82%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X99

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	353x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	157x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	127x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	107x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	86x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	39x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	34x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	33x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	30x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 120%, 113 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	21x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $625

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