Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '23 at 13:53
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 191 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 549 59% 468 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2062) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.29 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 107 Parallax 110 93% 110 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 99 Splatting 83.5 83% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 83 102 88 89 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 136 Write 130 Mixed 70 SusWrite 92.9 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 105%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 62 58 59 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	56% Above average	Read 132 Write 98.9 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 62.8 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 77 90 84 88 82 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 156 Write 100 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 84.1 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 215% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 112 114 116 119 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 141 Write 139 Mixed 118 SusWrite 116 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 206% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 11.3 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 86%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

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	99x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	60x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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