Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	36.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	42GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 42GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	17.6 GB free of 42 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	18.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '20 at 23:22
Run Duration	670 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 84.2 2-Core 163 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 506 52% 419 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (136 fps cap detected)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 136 Parallax 136 110% 136 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 45 18 101 1.9 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 362 Write 216 Mixed 298 SusWrite 76.3 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 12.2 56% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 13.1 DQ Write 21.1 DQ Mixed 15 12% 16.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 58%
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 226GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 268 196 133 273 253 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 419 Write 250 Mixed 219 SusWrite 229 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 15 76% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 23.2 41% 80.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 69%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 125GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 66 46 97 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 90.3 Write 124 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 81.2 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 2.3 376% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 65 43 89 92 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 90%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$7 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 11GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 13 4.4 12 20 20 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 92.3 Write 19 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 14.6 38% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1 72% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600 DDR3 1600 Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 DDR3 1600 DDR3 1600 Hynix HMT325U6EFR8C-PB 42GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.5% Good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 24.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 11.3 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 68%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	385x
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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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $808

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