Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	188% 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	21.6 Days
Run Date	May 13 '20 at 10:32
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 180 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 525 52% 426 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 153 Parallax 142 116% 146 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 114 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Addlink M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 1TB 6,131 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 705GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1575 983 1020 1005 1013 1003 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,285 Write 2,057 Mixed 1,590 SusWrite 1,100 342% 1,508 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 48.9 152% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 552 DQ Write 406 DQ Mixed 498 367% 485 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 287%
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB-$349 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 112GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 161 164 157 159 158 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 339 Write 155 Mixed 192 SusWrite 161 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 29.2 97% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 159 121% 166 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 225GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4488 Write 4,553 Mixed 4,354 999% 4,465 MB/s	4K Read 282 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 192 763% 214 MB/s	DQ Read 661 DQ Write 423 DQ Mixed 536 402% 540 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 654GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 88 88 89 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 77.3 Write 82.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 87.3 54% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLE4G3D1608DE1TX0 996776CH BLE4G3D1608DE1TX0 996776CH BLE4G3D1608DE1TX0 996776CH BLE4G3D1608DE1TX0 996776CH 32GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 29.6 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	434x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	383x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	99x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	60x

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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $812

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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