Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics12.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive62.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory44GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 44GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory38.4 GB free of 44 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120524
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateSep 15 '18 at 16:49
Run Duration155 Seconds
Run User KWT-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3960X
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
78.6% Very good
Memory 87
1-Core 103
2-Core 199
75% 130 Pts
4-Core 379
8-Core 593
60% 486 Pts
64-Core 747
46% 747 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 78.6%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000
HP(103C 079C) 3GB
CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 377.83
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
12.6% Very poor
Lighting 14.5
Reflection 13.3
Parallax 17.3
12% 15 fps
MRender 19.5
Gravity 17.3
Splatting 15.6
14% 17.5 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 12.6%
Great: 13%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 120 33 67 46 100 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
62.1% Good
Read 360
Write 160
Mixed 182
SusWrite 81.4
43% 196 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 46.6
4K Mixed 34
113% 36.7 MB/s
DQ Read 212
DQ Write 125
DQ Mixed 141
112% 159 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 62.1%
Great: 100%
Generic S300 Hard drive 3TB
746GB free
Firmware: MX6OABT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 111 110 111 111 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
62.2% Good
Read 107
Write 106
Mixed 28.3
SusWrite 110
64% 87.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 62.2%
Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
811GB free
Firmware: HP51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 126 128 127 127 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
68.9% Good
Read 114
Write 96.5
Mixed 71.5
SusWrite 126
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 68.9%
Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
930GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 183 183 184 185 183 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 228
Write 173
Mixed 126
SusWrite 183
131% 178 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 118%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-031.A00LF 9905471-001.A00LF 99U5471-031.A00LF 99U5584-009.A00LF 99U5471-031.A00LF 9905471-001.A00LF 99U5584-009.A00LF 99U5471-031.A00LF 44GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
8192, 2048, 8192, 4096, 8192, 2048, 4096, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
76.5% Very good
MC Read 30.4
MC Write 30
MC Mixed 27.3
84% 29.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 13.8
SC Mixed 11.9
39% 13.5 GB/s
Latency 70.5
57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 77%
This bench: 76.5%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,777 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $807
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