Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	147% 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	99% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	45.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '23 at 15:32
Run Duration	384 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2670-$53 4,803 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 78.6 2-Core 157 62% 105 Pts	4-Core 295 8-Core 529 50% 412 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Gigabyte(1458 405D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 536.99 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	147% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 227 Parallax 304 153% 240 fps	MRender 288 Gravity 205 Splatting 158 171% 217 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda 120 SSD ZA1000CM10003 1TB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: STRSD013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 428 416 441 453 453 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 451 Mixed 438 SusWrite 437 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 36.7 124% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 338 254% 341 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 136%
Corsair MP600 CORE XT 4TB 347 User benchmarks, average bench 363% 3.5TB free Firmware: ELFMC1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1713 1726 1787 1847 1902 1929 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 1598 Write 1,922 Mixed 1,695 SusWrite 1,817 398% 1,758 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 46 153% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 476 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 432 315% 413 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 554%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$130 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 352 355 356 351 352 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 451 Write 423 Mixed 389 SusWrite 352 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 32 104% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 284 217% 294 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 125%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 107GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 61 61 60 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 61 Write 56.8 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 60.9 42% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 456GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 107 107 106 107 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 120 Write 89.2 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 105 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 235GB free Firmware: 1AN10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 82 83 82 84 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 128 Write 29 Mixed 66 SusWrite 83.3 57% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 187% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 59%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 313GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 86 86 85 86 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 56.2 Write 60.8 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 85.4 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 120GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 141 144 143 141 140 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 81.8 Write 110 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 139 64% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.6 251% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 90%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$215 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 103GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 86 86 88 88 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 86.5 65% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 98%
Seagate ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB 5,890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 593GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 73 71 71 73 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 49 Write 60.5 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 71 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.5 150% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 64%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 101GB free Firmware: 1AA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 62 60 58 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 87.5 Write 104 Mixed 59 SusWrite 59.1 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 62%
Seagate ST10000V N0004-1ZD101 10TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 153 148 150 151 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 48% Great: 121%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 40GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 61 62 60 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 49.5 Write 53.8 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 61.3 41% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.4 139% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 63%
StoreJet Transcend 500GB 1,916 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 153GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 63 63 62 63 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 56 Write 46.2 Mixed 38 SusWrite 62 68% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 44%
Seagate BUP BK 5TB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID ab28 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 101 102 97 101 106 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 59.2 Write 53.5 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 99.9 92% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.5 173% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1333 C9 8x8GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.6% Very good	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 26.9 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 10.4 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	46	10	60	27"	2560 1377	XMIA005 Mi 27 NU

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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	435x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	101x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $539	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16