Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 88%, 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	60.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121225
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '20 at 00:19
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 720 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88% 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: 2550 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 121 Parallax 104 98% 115 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 137 Splatting 108 97% 119 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% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 197 219 229 210 220 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.8% Good	Read 247 Write 72.5 Mixed 118 SusWrite 214 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 23.5 102% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 80.7 DQ Mixed 61 72% 129 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.8% 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: 967 1510 1520 1521 1520 1521 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,016 Write 2,027 Mixed 1,773 SusWrite 1,426 408% 1,811 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 63.7 208% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 788 DQ Write 414 DQ Mixed 282 295% 495 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 347%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$93 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 806GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 133 132 133 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 126 Write 121 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 132 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$93 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 145 145 144 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 137 Write 132 Mixed 65 SusWrite 144 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$93 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 390GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 95 95 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 95 71% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 88%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 153 153 152 152 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 110 Write 103 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 151 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 99%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 160 166 165 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 154 Mixed 84 SusWrite 163 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.9% 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 (85^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 36 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% 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