Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.7% 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 Drive	37.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130418
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '16 at 21:25
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 192 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 457 48% 383 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 373.6 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 110 Parallax 92.8 81% 101 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 95.8 77% 93.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 37GB free Firmware: N0530A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1305 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2562 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1675 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 103 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 25222 (A5) Unknown 100 100 69 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4135 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2970	64.9% Good	Read 264 Write 252 Mixed 260 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 28.1 100% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 62.4 80% 142 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 96%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 18GB free 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 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -44169442761329 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3014 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3014 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 116 116 134160638 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3014 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 151912 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 49 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 151912 (F2) Unknown 100 100 150519 (F9) Unknown 100 100 3355	53.6% Above average	Read 357 Write 148 Mixed 206 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 11.1 80% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 57.9 72% 131 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 88%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102HD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29305 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3685 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 667379 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 20760 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 747095153 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 90 90 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	37.5% Below average	Read 253 Write 81 Mixed 122 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 6.38 63% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 74.6 DQ Mixed 6.41 32% 73.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 44%
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 12GB free Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4963 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (AA) Unknown 100 100 729 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393235 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1487	46.4% Average	Read 364 Write 67.7 Mixed 170 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 12.8 71% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 52.2 66% 120 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 108%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 138GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 175 3891 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6198 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2222 (BE) vendor-specific 64 32 36 (C2) HDA temperature 111 79 36 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	32.7% Below average	Read 56.6 Write 56.9 Mixed 57.1 43% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.5 115% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 266 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.5% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 27.3 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 125%

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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 $134	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