Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '22 at 22:53
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 172 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 418 45% 358 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Gigabyte(1458 405E) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 169 Parallax 180 155% 180 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 138 Splatting 118 116% 146 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415020RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 212 208 211 209 208 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 481 Write 441 Mixed 346 SusWrite 223 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 37.9 128% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 255 210% 305 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 115%
WDC WD8001FZBX-00ASYA0 8TB 1,209 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 5.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 160 163 235 202 163 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 134 Write 139 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 180 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 1.8 10% 4.47 MB/s	DQ Read 3.3 DQ Write 8.5 DQ Mixed 4.9 4% 5.57 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 28%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 903GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 122 120 121 121 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 74 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 120 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 101%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 250GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 106 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 109 Write 98.8 Mixed 66 SusWrite 107 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%
Seagate BUP Portable 5TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2TB free, PID ac35 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 108 109 110 103 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 80.4 Write 84 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 107 118% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 170% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-198.A00LF 6x4GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 6 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	66.6% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 23.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 67%

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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	440x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	385x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	106x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	101x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	30x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16