Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (25%). 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	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '21 at 16:04
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 85.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 234 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 708 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% HP(103C 82FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.4% Very good	Lighting 88.2 Reflection 101 Parallax 89 72% 92.6 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 88.7 Splatting 89.2 73% 89.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 7,201 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 98 94 92 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 363 Write 162 Mixed 202 SusWrite 94.2 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 33.6 111% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 154 118% 162 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 361GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 147 145 147 147 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 142 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 144 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 207GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 72 70 73 73 73 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 65.8 Write 65.7 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 71.4 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB F3-12800CL9-4GBRL Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.9% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 27.1 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 63%

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

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	438x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	384x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	101x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,176

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16