Asus SABERTOOTH X58

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.7% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X58 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120809
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '22 at 00:00
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 89.8 2-Core 158 69% 113 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 403 43% 343 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1347) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 526.47 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.9% Good	Lighting 82.9 Reflection 106 Parallax 68.8 68% 85.8 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 81.3 Splatting 73.5 72% 89.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Md012040 FUI 120GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 115 114 136 127 112 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 321 Write 122 Mixed 131 SusWrite 117 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 25.9 80% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 97.9 DQ Mixed 115 87% 119 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 62%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC064MAG 64GB 1,591 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 34GB free Firmware: 0007 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 68 63 72 71 66 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.7% Below average	Read 228 Write 74 Mixed 104 SusWrite 66.9 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 11.3 80% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 18.4 DQ Write 51 DQ Mixed 11.2 15% 26.9 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 53%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 77GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 54 59 65 61 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.8% Above average	Read 238 Write 231 Mixed 209 SusWrite 59.5 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 36.1 120% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 67.3 DQ Mixed 35.1 31% 44.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 536GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 81 83 83 82 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 115 Write 114 Mixed 86.4 SusWrite 82 74% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 74%
Maxtor 7 L300S0 300GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 279GB free Firmware: BANC SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 59 60 60 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 48.2 Write 66.8 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 60.3 39% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.2 135% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 35%
MD012040FUI 80GB 26GB free Firmware: 3.18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 49 50 50 50 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 50.9 Write 31.9 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 49.4 29% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 96% 0.6 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 6 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	40.2% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 12.5 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 11.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X58

CPU
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	605x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	292x
Xeon X5675IntelBench 75%, 8,072 samples	89x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	116x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	89x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	80x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	55x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	311x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	253x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	185x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $376

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16