Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '17 at 21:27
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2670-$53 4,803 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 68.2 2-Core 152 63% 104 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 628 57% 479 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Lighting 83.1 Reflection 89.5 Parallax 79.3 68% 84 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 77.2 Splatting 70.8 62% 77 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 967 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21506621832 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 55 193273528361 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 558348566658 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 358 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1841 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1059 (F2) Unknown 253 253 480 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	47.1% Average	Read 480 Write 118 Mixed 133 53% 244 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 3.4 56% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 99.8 DQ Mixed 7.33 36% 83.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 71%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 177 6016 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 362 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1232 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1662 (C2) HDA temperature 122 116 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (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	69.4% Good	Read 117 Write 125 Mixed 101 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.29 110% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 84%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 603GB free Firmware: MS2OA650 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 74 (03) Spinup time 103 103 17194287328 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1663 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 67 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1644 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2062 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2062 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 210454511648 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 78 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	95.8% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 173 Mixed 19.7 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.17 73% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 99%
FLASH Drive UT_USB20 2GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 1167 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	5.39% Terrible	Read 19.7 Write 10.5 Mixed 11.8 16% 14 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 4% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.39% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.4% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 10.3 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $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