Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 52%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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.
Graphics64.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive52.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Run History
7 years ago, 7 years ago.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMar 15 '17 at 21:37
Run Duration231 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-2670-$53
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
76.9% Very good
Memory 91.5
1-Core 87.2
2-Core 173
70% 117 Pts
4-Core 336
8-Core 621
57% 478 Pts
64-Core 812
50% 812 Pts
Poor: 55%
This bench: 76.9%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
64.2% Good
Lighting 80
Reflection 87.7
Parallax 86.4
65% 84.7 fps
MRender 83.5
Gravity 77.4
Splatting 70
62% 77 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 64.2%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
52.7% Above average
Read 477
Write 218
Mixed 158
62% 284 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 29.1
4K Mixed 3.85
53% 18.2 MB/s
DQ Read 147
DQ Write 107
DQ Mixed 7.29
38% 87.4 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 52.7%
Great: 71%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
70.4% Very good
Read 119
Write 126
Mixed 102
87% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.24
4K Mixed 0.29
111% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 70.4%
Great: 84%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150
603GB free
Firmware: MS2OA650 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
96.1% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 173
Mixed 18.6
85% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.71
4K Write 1.49
4K Mixed 0.17
76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 96.1%
Great: 99%
FLASH Drive UT_USB20 2GB
1GB free, PID 1167
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
5.25% Terrible
Read 19.7
Write 9.17
Mixed 10.8
15% 13.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.39
4K Write 0.02
4K Mixed 0.03
7% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.25%
Great: 7%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
56.1% Above average
MC Read 22.9
MC Write 19.3
MC Mixed 18.2
58% 20.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 11.6
SC Mixed 11.8
37% 13 GB/s
Latency 65
62% 65 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 56.1%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,778 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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