Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.4% 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	62% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '20 at 18:48
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 658 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 864 54% 864 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2552 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 98% 114 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 137 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 224 139 65 134 196 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62% Good	Read 275 Write 85.7 Mixed 121 SusWrite 153 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 25.3 103% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 88.7 DQ Mixed 61.7 90% 178 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 89%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 774GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 131 131 130 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 120 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 131 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 103 103 102 104 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 140 Write 129 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 103 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 390GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 96 95 95 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 118 Write 108 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 95.6 69% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 88%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$125 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 91 92 91 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 118 Write 104 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 90.8 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 99%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$125 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 91 91 92 91 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 180 Write 131 Mixed 81 SusWrite 90.9 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 8x2GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 28.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 13.7 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 107%

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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	440x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	384x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	105x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
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 $140Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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