Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95% 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	53.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120524
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '22 at 00:24
Run Duration	444 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 195 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 578 57% 468 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64LC (Liquid Cooled)-$1,700 4,268 User benchmarks, average bench 94% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1750 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.1 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 116 Parallax 204 100% 148 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 136 Splatting 82.8 85% 106 fps
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 98%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Marvell Raid VD 0 1TB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: MV.R00-0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 169 165 168 174 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 334 Write 152 Mixed 214 SusWrite 168 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 28.1 4K Mixed 24.5 77% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 126 96% 129 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 127%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 7GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 163 Write 153 Mixed 96.3 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 7GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 106 93 92 105 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 113 Write 99.5 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 97.8 73% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 76%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 27GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 124 122 124 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 118 Write 124 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 124 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 8GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 106 107 103 97 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 115 Write 111 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 102 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 3GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 63.5 Write 65.5 Mixed 26.3 38% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 67%

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 (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 38.9 118% 41.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13.8 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

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

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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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $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