Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.5% 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 (15%). 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120618
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '20 at 22:49
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 197 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 556 58% 466 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Asus(1043 83F8) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.1% Poor	Lighting 30.9 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 40.1 25% 34.5 fps	MRender 46 Gravity 35.9 Splatting 33 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD9SN8W-128G-1006 128GB 8,741 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6104006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 69 100 104 106 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 374 Write 198 Mixed 153 SusWrite 92.8 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 31.1 109% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 36 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 45.2 42% 62.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 892GB free Firmware: HPH4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 153 190 195 199 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 183 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 187 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 343GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 101 104 107 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 92 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 96.3 66% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 69%
SanDisk Ext SSD 480GB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 169% 259GB free, PID 5589 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 278 280 281 280 280 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 295 Write 307 Mixed 210 SusWrite 281 370% 273 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 24.4 4K Mixed 15.7 1,430% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 26.2 DQ Mixed 22.5 1,736% 23.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 296%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M4X1866C9 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.9% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 11 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns

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Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,774 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	434x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	383x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	100x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $812

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16