Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '20 at 17:34
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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-$265 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 74.9 2-Core 191 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 554 55% 451 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5170) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.2% Very good	Lighting 93.6 Reflection 103 Parallax 88.9 76% 95.2 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 89.6 Splatting 96 76% 92.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 478 Write 450 Mixed 325 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 42.6 144% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 349 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 35GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 407 384 108 99 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 416 Write 397 Mixed 331 SusWrite 246 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 25.5 95% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 127%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 574GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 222 234 245 210 237 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.6% Good	Read 251 Write 246 Mixed 225 SusWrite 226 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 32.3 109% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 198 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 15GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 132 182 132 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 161 Write 159 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 139 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.8% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 63%

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,784 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	437x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	384x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	101x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	30x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,176

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16