Asus SABERTOOTH X99

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	158% 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	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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X99 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '19 at 22:34
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 217 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 683 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 842 52% 842 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 35 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 42.4 28% 36.3 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 30.6 Splatting 36.6 27% 31.8 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 176 170 172 164 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,860 Write 1,213 Mixed 470 SusWrite 220 207% 941 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 44.3 157% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 597 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 526 384% 506 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 236%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 4TB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 292% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 332 337 331 335 345 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 105 Write 172 Mixed 31 SusWrite 334 37% 161 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 2.6 13% 5.87 MB/s	DQ Read 15.6 DQ Write 12.6 DQ Mixed 6.2 7% 11.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 1007%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 154 155 156 156 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 141 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 154 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 90 92 92 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 79.2 Mixed 68 SusWrite 91 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 96%
Seagate GoFlex Desk 3TB 555 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2TB free, PID 50a5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 178 169 176 170 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 186 Write 150 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 171 196% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 75% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 2,538 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 40.3 120% 42.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 22.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X99

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	353x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	157x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	127x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	107x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	86x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	39x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	34x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	33x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	30x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 120%, 113 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	21x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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