Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '23 at 05:33
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 211 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 638 66% 529 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	58.8% Above average	Lighting 72.8 Reflection 84 Parallax 74.7 59% 77.2 fps	MRender 76.4 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 65.5 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 72 75 72 63 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 356 Write 153 Mixed 210 SusWrite 69.3 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 35.7 116% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 139 111% 157 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 126%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 345GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 206 203 203 198 204 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	75.3% Very good	Read 262 Write 178 Mixed 246 SusWrite 204 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 41.3 139% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 197 150% 202 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 117%
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB 24,830 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 185GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 205 202 203 198 204 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	74.3% Very good	Read 258 Write 251 Mixed 231 SusWrite 203 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 40.3 136% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 196 149% 201 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 119%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 216GB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 205 202 203 197 203 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	70.8% Very good	Read 238 Write 246 Mixed 217 SusWrite 203 51% 226 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 41.1 126% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 160 132% 188 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 111%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 148GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 76 78 83 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 305 Write 160 Mixed 196 SusWrite 80.1 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 32.8 98% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 142 112% 159 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 650GB free Firmware: HP33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 154 150 149 149 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 143 Write 120 Mixed 81 SusWrite 149 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 114%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 683GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 60 77 74 77 73 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 68%
Apricorn SATAWire 6G 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 740GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 315 303 302 295 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 331 Write 315 Mixed 312 SusWrite 306 430% 316 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 26 4K Mixed 23.2 1,751% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 33.6 DQ Mixed 27.2 2,158% 28.3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 200%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata 4x8GB 826 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 30.3 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.5 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 97%

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Gaming 45%

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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	435x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	383x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	101x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16