Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 05 '21 at 17:53
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 676 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 199 Parallax 193 146% 190 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 193 Splatting 131 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 238GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 437 398 295 288 291 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 397 Mixed 304 SusWrite 358 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 40.4 146% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 277 225% 320 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 119GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 82 88 89 90 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 334 Write 136 Mixed 121 SusWrite 87.6 37% 170 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 13.2 4K Mixed 10.9 47% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.9 DQ Write 12.7 DQ Mixed 14.1 13% 20.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 56%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 769GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 472 478 481 482 484 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 448 Mixed 459 SusWrite 478 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 51.1 166% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 349 267% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 93 93 94 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 171 Write 154 Mixed 31.6 SusWrite 93.9 81% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML16GX3M4A2133C1 CML8GX3M2A2133C11 CML16GX3M4A2133C1 CML8GX3M2A2133C11 CML16GX3M4A2133C1 CML8GX3M2A2133C11 CML16GX3M4A2133C1 CML8GX3M2A2133C11 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 51.8 MC Write 50 MC Mixed 47.7 142% 49.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 127%

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,774 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

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 $300	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