Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.8% 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	51.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	24.4 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	Oct 27 '21 at 22:42
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 194 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 610 60% 493 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77% 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: 471.68 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 116 Parallax 102 82% 106 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 92 79% 97 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 7,201 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 91 85 92 90 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 343 Write 156 Mixed 182 SusWrite 91.4 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 28.5 4K Mixed 23.7 78% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 149 116% 161 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 222GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 131 131 131 130 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 142 Write 110 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 130 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 271GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 72 73 73 73 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	45% Average	Read 85.9 Write 58.8 Mixed 52 SusWrite 70.4 49% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 324GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 166 168 168 163 158 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 180 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 164 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.5% 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	91.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 33.1 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 91.4% 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%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	435x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	383x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	100x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	62x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16