Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	168% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	61.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '16 at 03:17
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 210 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 542 61% 479 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2980) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.8% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 83 Parallax 73.2 63% 77.6 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 65.1 57% 70.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 950GB 542 User benchmarks, average bench 135% 838GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,023 Write 926 Mixed 982 218% 977 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 52.5 177% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 164 175% 290 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 183%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 900GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 233 224 8316 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7951 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14286 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3064 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 418 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7930 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 32 (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	59.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 102 Mixed 95.4 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.57 134% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 351GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 149 5258 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8636 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20979 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3780 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 518 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8629 (C2) HDA temperature 118 100 29 (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 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.2% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 82.9 Mixed 82.1 64% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.46 115% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 147GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5700 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12284 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21590 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3888 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 476 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12264 (C2) HDA temperature 119 97 31 (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	52.7% Above average	Read 83.5 Write 99.8 Mixed 102 72% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.36 112% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 76%
SanDisk Ultra Backup 32GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 26GB free, PID 5535 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	7.91% Terrible	Read 25.8 Write 11.5 Mixed 10.1 17% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.94 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.005 26% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.91% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 8x8GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 45.1 MC Mixed 46.2 127% 44.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 14.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 129%

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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 - $240

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 $499Bench 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: $716

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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