Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.7% 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	99.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). 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	12.9 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 05 '20 at 06:24
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 above expectations (74^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 193 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 509 56% 445 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.6% 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 (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 98 Reflection 109 Parallax 91.9 80% 99.6 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 92.1 Splatting 101 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% 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: 383 314 316 315 311 207 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 451 Mixed 389 SusWrite 308 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 46.5 146% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 35GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 423 409 401 413 396 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 462 Mixed 378 SusWrite 408 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 36.9 119% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 361 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 127%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 555GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 234 228 225 230 235 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	67.5% Good	Read 256 Write 246 Mixed 234 SusWrite 230 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 33.9 110% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 198 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 15GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 134 188 139 131 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 172 Write 134 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 139 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.2% 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 below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.2% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 91%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	436x
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