Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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, 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	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '21 at 04:56
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 1,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 956 86% 723 Pts	64-Core 1243 77% 1243 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2304 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 84.2 Parallax 78.6 64% 80.2 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 80.7 Splatting 76.1 64% 78.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
APS-SL3N-240 240GB 1,980 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 88 52 81 42 70 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 365 Write 132 Mixed 196 SusWrite 64.6 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 28 103% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 126 98% 136 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 92%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 180GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 885 424 427 426 428 426 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,595 Write 1,613 Mixed 1,284 SusWrite 503 280% 1,249 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 67.4 227% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 689 DQ Write 480 DQ Mixed 625 456% 598 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 237%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 467GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 86 102 93 106 96 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 182 Write 148 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 97.2 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 252% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 58%

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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	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