Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.33% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	42.9% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '17 at 16:43
Run Duration	322 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 191 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 491 49% 401 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 03F2) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	6.33% Terrible	Lighting 8.43 Reflection 8.04 Parallax 7.12 7% 7.87 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 6.47 Splatting 6.39 5% 6.44 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.33% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 268GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 45 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 56 188980002849 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1814622232 (F7) Unknown 100 100 56714762 (F8) Unknown 100 100 15339331 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1947 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	72.6% Very good	Read 471 Write 333 Mixed 335 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 21.3 88% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 46.8 63% 116 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 99%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -116857469250097 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 213 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 213 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 592833 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 47 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 592833 (F2) Unknown 100 100 540227 (F9) Unknown 100 100 28216	42.9% Average	Read 291 Write 153 Mixed 203 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 29.7 4K Mixed 11.4 50% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 8.93 46% 108 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 88%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 137 11341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 52 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 0 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.6% Very good	Read 149 Write 114 Mixed 120 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.19 120% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 98%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID 0690 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.8% Average	Read 127 Write 128 Mixed 88.7 144% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.45 53% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 50%
USB FLASH DRIVE 8GB 2,112 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 5GB free, PID b113 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	6.81% Terrible	Read 16.7 Write 7.06 Mixed 9.01 12% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.34 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.42 51% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.81% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2000EL Series 4x4GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 25.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 12.3 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 99%

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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	297x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	100x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $807

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16