Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.7% 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 Drive	61.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '21 at 19:19
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 (97^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 747 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 923 57% 923 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 117 Parallax 103 82% 107 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 100 Splatting 91.1 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 7,201 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 91 97 91 94 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 312 Write 164 Mixed 172 SusWrite 93.6 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 34.9 114% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 156 120% 165 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 224GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 128 128 128 128 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 151 Write 140 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 128 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 289GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 68 67 67 70 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 74 Write 71.6 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 68.1 49% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 334GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 158 159 160 160 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 147 Write 157 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 159 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 Hynix HMT451U6AFR8A-PB Hynix HMT451U6AFR8A-PB 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB F3-12800CL9-4GBRL Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 28GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 4096, 2048, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 33.5 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 13.9 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 95%

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

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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