Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '17 at 08:00
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 192 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 617 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 83 Parallax 74.4 66% 79.6 fps	MRender 78.8 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 65.7 59% 73.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 512GB-$500 1,815 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 38562 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1120 (B1) Unknown 91 91 320 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 42 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 532 (F1) Unknown 99 99 62737784249	65.9% Good	Read 376 Write 254 Mixed 307 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 20.5 92% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 90.5 DQ Mixed 14.5 54% 123 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 219290224 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4509 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47883463 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21457 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 857 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 2228258 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 488177693 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 429 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 113368 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 77309411357 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 106120051956624 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33190684221 (F2) Unknown 100 253 96969879768	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 180 Mixed 170 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.37 107% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$90 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 122120913 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 397 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 642503651 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 62642098016549 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 454557723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 481 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12253 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 81604378651 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 12043088301207 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11939366468 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8193744111	72.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 118 Mixed 121 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.28 98% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 107%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1TB free, PID 1140 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 75.4 Write 87.1 Mixed 8.18 68% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.14 60% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 994050 4x8GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 36.3 112% 39 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 100%

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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