Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 22:19
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 89.1 2-Core 176 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 571 56% 456 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9295) CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.10.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50% Above average	Lighting 61.5 Reflection 55 Parallax 79.8 50% 65.4 fps	MRender 55.7 Gravity 51.8 Splatting 70.7 50% 59.4 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDN 724040ALE640 4TB 253 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MJAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 110 99 115 115 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 120 Write 128 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 111 70% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 90%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 167GB free Firmware: A5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 85 86 87 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 73.7 Write 86.2 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 85.7 47% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 92%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 212GB free Firmware: A5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 86 89 89 87 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 76.8 Write 81.5 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 88 48% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 92%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 235GB free Firmware: 0A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 90 92 92 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 73.5 Write 75.8 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 90.2 55% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D21BCE1.16F 4x8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.8% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 17.8 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 10.9 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 126%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

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	297x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	100x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $807

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16