Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics98.7% 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 Drive57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory40.3 GB free of 44 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120524
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 15 '18 at 23:28
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User KWT-User
Background CPU 18%

 PC Performing as expected (41st 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 as expected (56th percentile)
76.7% Very good
Memory 88.9
1-Core 102
2-Core 172
72% 121 Pts
4-Core 349
8-Core 543
55% 446 Pts
64-Core 729
45% 729 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 76.7%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
98.7% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 136
Parallax 113
104% 126 fps
MRender 98.4
Gravity 122
Splatting 103
88% 108 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 98.7%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$81
10GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 148 151 55 99 39 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
57.3% Above average
Read 353
Write 164
Mixed 164
SusWrite 106
44% 197 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 44.4
4K Mixed 24.3
96% 32 MB/s
DQ Read 212
DQ Write 125
DQ Mixed 153
118% 164 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 57.3%
Great: 100%
Generic S300 Hard drive 3TB
746GB free
Firmware: MX6OABT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 111 111 111 112 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
62.6% Good
Read 107
Write 112
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 111
65% 89.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 62.6%
Great: 107%
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
78.4% Very good
MC Read 30.9
MC Write 30.8
MC Mixed 28.2
86% 30 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 13.8
SC Mixed 12.2
39% 13.8 GB/s
Latency 68.6
58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 77%
This bench: 78.4%
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 1,773 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: 76% - Very good Total price: $812
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