Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '20 at 01:45
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 100 2-Core 201 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 618 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 873A) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Lighting 93.2 Reflection 85.8 Parallax 88.4 76% 89.2 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 75.7 73% 91.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 595GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 465 453 422 436 438 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 451 Mixed 387 SusWrite 446 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 35.7 132% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 121%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 21GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 93 93 96 89 98 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 154 Write 115 Mixed 127 SusWrite 94.5 28% 122 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 23.4 95% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 115 89% 122 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 61%
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 83GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 226 223 217 216 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	80% Very good	Read 398 Write 278 Mixed 292 SusWrite 222 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 35.8 124% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 170 155% 236 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 90%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 226GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 73 73 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 89.8 Write 90.5 Mixed 61 SusWrite 73 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 35.3 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 13.5 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 87%

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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 $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 $295	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