Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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. 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 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.6% 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	93.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '23 at 17:29
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 204 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 445 43% 353 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 114 Parallax 102 80% 105 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 358 343 357 370 373 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 389 Write 361 Mixed 270 SusWrite 361 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 35.9 134% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 314 240% 325 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 104%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1TB free Firmware: M3CR046 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 379 381 390 398 400 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 272 Write 270 Mixed 283 SusWrite 384 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 38 113% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 161 177% 297 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 125%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65 6,111 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 359GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 227 227 232 232 231 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	63.3% Good	Read 261 Write 247 Mixed 209 SusWrite 228 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 26 100% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 166 131% 181 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 40GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 171 171 172 171 173 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 142 Write 112 Mixed 74 SusWrite 171 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 8x4GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 32.9 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.6 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 127%

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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	71	60	60	31.5"	1280 720	AOC3277 U3277WB

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	447x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	390x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	301x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	107x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	64x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	31x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

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Total price: $723

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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