Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '21 at 08:59
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing way below expectations (8^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 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	42.9% Average	Memory 64.1 1-Core 30.7 2-Core 58.1 35% 51 Pts	4-Core 119 8-Core 209 20% 164 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 13D3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.7% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 84.7 Parallax 79.3 68% 82.6 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 74.5 Splatting 69.3 67% 83.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 220 223 220 216 220 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 357 Write 264 Mixed 275 SusWrite 219 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 20.6 68% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 192 152% 211 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 95%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 212GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 146 152 152 152 152 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.1% Average	Read 232 Write 213 Mixed 206 SusWrite 153 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 24.6 4K Mixed 20.2 65% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 175 133% 179 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GB 441 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 28.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 4.7 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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	99x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	60x

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