Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	70.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130418
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 06:10
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 809 80% 651 Pts	64-Core 948 59% 948 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB; 11G-P4-6598-KR CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 210 Parallax 206 155% 202 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 187 Splatting 132 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 480GB-$70 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5129 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1667 (AB) Unknown 100 100 166463824 (AE) Unknown 100 100 115 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 191 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 33152 (F2) Unknown 100 100 46334 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1151505923	70.6% Very good	Read 460 Write 431 Mixed 425 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 11.3 83% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 20 DQ Write 63.8 DQ Mixed 15 19% 32.9 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 101%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 15GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,074 Write 830 Mixed 909 209% 937 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 37.1 151% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 135 134% 217 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 243%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 966GB free Firmware: 01.01M02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 146 146 30089347425 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 871 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4850 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4850 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 219044249643 (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 200 200 0	69.4% Good	Read 106 Write 135 Mixed 138 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.48 129% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 111%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 544GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3505 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5887 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1679 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3311 (C2) HDA temperature 103 98 40 (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	71.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 120 Mixed 133 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.21 93% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 31.2 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 86%

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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	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 $273	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 $178	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