Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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.
Graphics21.1% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130924
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateApr 18 '18 at 03:19
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 28%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
78% Very good
Memory 88.5
1-Core 92.2
2-Core 196
73% 126 Pts
4-Core 366
8-Core 517
56% 442 Pts
64-Core 520
32% 520 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 78%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170
Zotac(19DA 1281) 2GB
CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
21.1% Poor
Lighting 24.5
Reflection 24.2
Parallax 30.6
20% 26.4 fps
MRender 32.7
Gravity 28.4
Splatting 25.3
23% 28.8 fps
Poor: 18%
This bench: 21.1%
Great: 21%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
1TB free
Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Read 159
Write 133
Mixed 157
113% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.05
4K Mixed 0.13
54% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107
339GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
59% Above average
Read 118
Write 87.8
Mixed 86.3
73% 97.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.98
4K Mixed 0.28
93% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 59%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
MC Read 31.7
MC Write 34.3
MC Mixed 32.4
94% 32.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 13.8
SC Mixed 12.4
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 69
58% 69 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,773 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $812
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