Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 03:21
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 178 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 487 51% 408 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB; Nvidia Founders Edition CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.4 Reflection 75.9 Parallax 64.8 62% 72 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 70 Splatting 71.7 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 62500365023086 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4094 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3965 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3965 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2397258 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 39 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2397258 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1548226 (F9) Unknown 100 100 58262	53.2% Above average	Read 362 Write 158 Mixed 207 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 15 73% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 74.1 80% 137 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 95%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 677GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7866 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 22815 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6425 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 662 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22152 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 41 (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	57.7% Above average	Read 113 Write 87.4 Mixed 115 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.35 101% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 207GB free Firmware: DN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 161841366 (03) Spinup time 85 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4158 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 283011446 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -129501853904171 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 289 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 16711972753203 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2162 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18736 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 85899345949 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 161841366 (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 40729174869446 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18002596960 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19212385220	73.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 124 Mixed 124 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 4.26 4K Write 3.23 4K Mixed 0.29 270% 2.59 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 118%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 72GB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 110 (03) Spinup time 120 120 42989584981 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 31298 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 36 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 49517 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6480 (C0) Power-off retract count 74 74 31725 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 31725 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 176094969895 (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 7032	35.9% Below average	Read 57.1 Write 67.7 Mixed 61.4 47% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 28GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 100 84599928 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11410 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 12907927431 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 450 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 18 408028119136 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 50 437846042 (BF) G-sense error rate 90 90 21692 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 4449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32361 (C2) HDA temperature 26 50 85899345946 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 115 100 84599928 (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 102409200210947 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13972630697 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13992450025	50% Above average	Read 52.9 Write 119 Mixed 69.5 60% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 7.74 4K Mixed 0.46 211% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 30.5 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 64%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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