Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	120% 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	80.3% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '17 at 17:58
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 724 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 901 56% 901 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2848 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 178 Parallax 166 136% 170 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 162 Splatting 108 103% 128 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
LSI MR9260-8i 16TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 8TB free Firmware: 2.13 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 36% Great: 52%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 74 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30130 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 699 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 185 (AE) Unknown 100 100 469 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201864577060 (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 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 59686902365 (F7) Unknown 100 100 954471830 (F8) Unknown 100 100 4038305711	80.3% Excellent	Read 487 Write 400 Mixed 437 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 21.9 113% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 15.8 27% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 193 187 5333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 955 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32196 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 695 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 433 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 12 12 564842 (C2) HDA temperature 122 108 28 (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	64.9% Good	Read 120 Write 106 Mixed 108 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.18 94% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 9858 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1164 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 34151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 859 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 547 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 49 49 455251 (C2) HDA temperature 123 103 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 17 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 10 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 29	62% Good	Read 123 Write 92.8 Mixed 97.8 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.23 96% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 912GB free Firmware: AB51 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 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 165 157 6741 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1086 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 37018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 773 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 453 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 40 40 481154 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 28 (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	35.7% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 59.6 Mixed 57.9 46% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.19 55% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 702GB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 124 118 6758 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3032 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 57367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1615 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 738 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 3130388 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 30 (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	55.1% Above average	Read 100 Write 92 Mixed 82.1 68% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.23 71% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 43.5 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 39.5 118% 41.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 63%

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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	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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $812

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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