Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


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 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	44.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	58.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '16 at 15:24
Run Duration	341 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 199 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 627 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 149 Parallax 143 149% 158 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 135GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12822 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 115 (B1) Unknown 95 95 97 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 113 (F1) Unknown 99 99 186543180290	51.6% Above average	Read 326 Write 140 Mixed 190 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 22.4 92% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 1.92 DQ Write 94.3 DQ Mixed 10.8 20% 35.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 133%
SanDisk Extreme 480GB-$300 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 118 199716497 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 111033494568475 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 129 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 59 68723343396 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 199716497 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 199716497 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 199716497 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 30371 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24622 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24622 (F2) Unknown 0 0 32035	44.5% Average	Read 375 Write 149 Mixed 199 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 16.6 4K Mixed 9.15 56% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 15.7 DQ Mixed 10.2 28% 64.4 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 66%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 887GB free Firmware: AR15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24213199 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 57 689831975 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5300 (C2) HDA temperature 39 43 98784247847 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 99 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -94897302401435 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24417903505 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11160332694
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 882GB free Firmware: AR15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 22241392 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13428411 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 56 723517481 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5396 (C2) HDA temperature 41 44 98784247849 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 109 99 22241392 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -109839493624136 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16344499640 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4597843259
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 784GB free Firmware: AR15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 45315688 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4316869570 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 57 689766438 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5318 (C2) HDA temperature 38 43 94489280550 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 112 99 45315688 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -92423401238874 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21868217929 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2529591573
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 398GB free Firmware: AR15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 32749136 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4312877093 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 54 723451944 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5236 (C2) HDA temperature 40 46 98784247848 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 111 100 32749136 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 61220463840975 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20833165573 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1985388842
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 312GB free Firmware: AR15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171610832 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 15 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17636769 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 53 790626346 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7893 (C2) HDA temperature 42 47 98784247850 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 99 171610832 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -55478092558318 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17481660544 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19700374875
Poor: 21% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 8x8GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 35.4 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 99%

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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	100x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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