Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.9% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Run History
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20130812
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 07 '17 at 06:32
Run Duration87 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
84% Excellent
Memory 92.8
1-Core 100
2-Core 200
76% 131 Pts
4-Core 405
8-Core 667
65% 536 Pts
64-Core 844
52% 844 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65
Performing below potential (80th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.9% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 103
Parallax 89.4
85% 99 fps
MRender 96.2
Gravity 100
Splatting 92.2
78% 96.1 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25
245GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Read 150
Write 131
Mixed 139
106% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.98
4K Mixed 0.2
79% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 103%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
101% Outstanding
MC Read 41.2
MC Write 38.5
MC Mixed 38.2
112% 39.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 15.5
SC Mixed 13.9
44% 15.5 GB/s
Latency 62.5
64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 101%
Great: 98%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,772 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $240

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $716
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