Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics119% 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 Drive48.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateMay 13 '20 at 13:55
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 38%

 PC Performing below expectations (39th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Memory 94.9
1-Core 118
2-Core 250
87% 154 Pts
4-Core 422
8-Core 644
66% 533 Pts
64-Core 634
39% 634 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
119% Outstanding
Lighting 164
Reflection 178
Parallax 176
133% 173 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 164
Splatting 107
103% 128 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 119%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata SU650 480GB-$89
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V8X01c86
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 148 146 147 147 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
48.7% Average
Read 305
Write 147
Mixed 180
SusWrite 142
43% 194 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 35.9
4K Mixed 20.4
70% 24.3 MB/s
DQ Read 153
DQ Write 117
DQ Mixed 153
109% 141 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 48.7%
Great: 99%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
35.3% Below average
MC Read 12
MC Write 10.4
MC Mixed 10.5
31% 11 GB/s
SC Read 11.2
SC Write 12.1
SC Mixed 10.7
32% 11.3 GB/s
Latency 57.5
70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 35.3%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,773 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $812
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