Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.78% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	60GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 60GB 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	55.4 GB free of 60 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120410
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '18 at 15:26
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 618 67% 530 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.16 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	4.78% Terrible	Lighting 5.53 Reflection 5.58 Parallax 4.41 4% 5.17 fps	MRender 6.43 Gravity 4.37 Splatting 8.04 5% 6.28 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 4.78% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$125 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 126 206 159 126 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	64% Good	Read 261 Write 337 Mixed 187 SusWrite 158 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 26.1 101% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 250 198% 280 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 121%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 724GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1465 1230 1220 1203 1180 1179 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1875 Write 1,671 Mixed 1,111 SusWrite 1,246 331% 1,476 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 58.7 192% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 642 DQ Write 513 DQ Mixed 574 431% 577 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 302%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ32GX3M4X1866C1 CMZ32GX3M4X1866C1 CMZ32GX3M4X1866C1 CMZ32GX3M4X1866C1 CMZ32GX3M4X1866C1 CMZ32GX3M4X1866C1 CMZ32GX3M4X1866C1 CMZ32GX3M4X1866C1 60GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 4096, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 39.4 120% 41.9 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 15.2 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

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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	450x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	393x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	304x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	107x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	104x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	65x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	64x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	31x
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 i5-12600K $154	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353