Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.4% 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	56.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '16 at 01:08
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 95.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 487 51% 410 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 120 Parallax 114 95% 117 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 105 Splatting 102 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9167 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2686 (E8) Unknown 100 100 27442538918 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	56.2% Above average	Read 365 Write 170 Mixed 217 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 23.1 84% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 53.8 57% 95.1 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 359GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206008125 (03) Spinup time 97 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5388 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 176463602 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4758 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 322 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 188 (BE) vendor-specific 63 58 622788645 (C2) HDA temperature 37 42 60129542181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 30 206008125 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 23033909630368 (F1) Unknown 100 253 102537102 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1528166938	60.6% Good	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 22.5 56% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.49 114% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 70%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 112GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 101 (03) Spinup time 119 119 51579519582 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4825 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 11 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 112 112 39 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4040 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4872 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4872 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 180389543972 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 11 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	37.2% Below average	Read 62.1 Write 67.3 Mixed 5.26 32% 44.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 69%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 74GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 8125 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1650 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1308 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 833 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 114369 (C2) HDA temperature 114 114 38 (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	85.6% Excellent	Read 160 Write 138 Mixed 129 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.29 104% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 43GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99174112 (03) Spinup time 96 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3668 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12344417 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1894 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 2757411079367 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 77932068901 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4330 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 -140737488355291 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -22922240452149 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10304551886 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9571406755	81.6% Excellent	Read 164 Write 121 Mixed 101 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,972 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 39.3 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.4 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

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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 $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	61x

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 $300	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 $45	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