Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.9% 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	61.2% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121225
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '20 at 03:40
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$195 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 198 80% 135 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 528 53% 431 Pts	64-Core 655 41% 655 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.4% 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 (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 115 Parallax 99.8 86% 107 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 128 Splatting 103 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 212 154 243 244 219 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	61.2% Good	Read 276 Write 67.5 Mixed 104 SusWrite 214 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 26.2 96% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 81.6 DQ Mixed 61.1 73% 133 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 89%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$77 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 872GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1237 1536 1520 1517 1517 1518 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 1,964 Write 2,057 Mixed 1,757 SusWrite 1474 408% 1,813 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 53.3 189% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 406 DQ Mixed 338 317% 503 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 347%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$93 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 806GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 131 131 132 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 127 Write 116 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 131 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$93 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 103 103 103 103 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 127 Write 124 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 103 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$93 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 390GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 142 143 142 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 52 SusWrite 143 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 88%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 130 132 128 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 104 Write 109 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 130 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 99%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 160 164 166 165 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 156 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 163 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.4% 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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 34.2 108% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 107%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	447x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	390x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	301x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	107x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	64x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	31x
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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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