Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.6% 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	52.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '20 at 23:46
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 225 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 723 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 859 53% 859 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.1% 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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 116 Parallax 96.3 94% 109 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 130 Splatting 103 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 160 198 194 222 230 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 58.5 Mixed 94.2 SusWrite 192 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 25.6 92% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 61.3 DQ Mixed 58.9 78% 150 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 89%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 931GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1829 1519 1521 1521 1522 1521 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1,987 Write 2,038 Mixed 1,794 SusWrite 1,572 416% 1,848 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 62.5 205% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 790 DQ Write 416 DQ Mixed 479 389% 562 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 347%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$80 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 806GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 133 133 132 133 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 119 Write 119 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 132 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$80 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 133 Write 128 Mixed 71 SusWrite 103 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$80 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 390GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 96 96 97 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 95.8 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 88%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 135 135 137 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 135 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 99%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 162 163 164 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 160 Mixed 91 SusWrite 163 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.6% 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 @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 36.2 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.2 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	438x
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 $94Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16