Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	30.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	42GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 42GB 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	17.8 GB free of 42 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	18.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '20 at 23:06
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 91.8 2-Core 184 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 515 55% 440 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 148 Parallax 125 117% 139 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 140 3.8 9.3 4.4 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 441 Write 374 Mixed 242 SusWrite 40.1 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 10.1 34% 8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 58%
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 226GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 263 271 269 271 270 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 409 Write 261 Mixed 256 SusWrite 264 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 14.7 74% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 19.6 39% 79.3 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 69%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 125GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 92 93 91 91 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 178 Write 125 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 90.8 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.4 422% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 108%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC91 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 95.8 Write 77.8 Mixed 46 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 92 94 93 93 100 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600 DDR3 1600 Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 DDR3 1600 DDR3 1600 Hynix HMT325U6EFR8C-PB 42GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.2% Good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 25.5 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 68%

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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	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	100x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	62x

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 $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