Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.8% 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 Drive	111% 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	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.

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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '20 at 23:49
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 596 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83.9% 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 (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.8% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 106 Parallax 91.5 78% 97.9 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 95.4 77% 94 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 315 315 316 286 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 486 Mixed 408 SusWrite 298 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 54.1 179% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 35GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 438 430 425 444 190 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 487 Mixed 381 SusWrite 392 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 46.4 159% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 127%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 555GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 241 238 235 242 251 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	84.9% Excellent	Read 266 Write 255 Mixed 245 SusWrite 241 57% 251 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 49.6 162% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 198 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 15GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 122 135 185 140 154 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 160 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 142 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.2% 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 as expected (41^st percentile)	54.9% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.9% 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 1,781 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 79%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	435x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	383x
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	29x
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