Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics33.8% 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 Drive167% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 20 '17 at 20:12
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User AUT-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
79.2% Very good
Memory 89
1-Core 98.8
2-Core 198
74% 129 Pts
4-Core 374
8-Core 574
59% 474 Pts
64-Core 710
44% 710 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500
PwrHis(1787 2317) 3GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
33.8% Below average
Lighting 43.9
Reflection 29.6
Parallax 54.6
36% 42.7 fps
MRender 28.5
Gravity 43.6
Splatting 37.1
30% 36.4 fps
Poor: 31%
This bench: 33.8%
Great: 39%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
257GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
167% Outstanding
Read 959
Write 1,092
Mixed 981
226% 1,011 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 45.7
160% 60.9 MB/s
DQ Read 293
DQ Write 256
DQ Mixed 129
136% 226 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 167%
Great: 283%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750
636GB free
Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
38.1% Below average
Read 63.8
Write 68.7
Mixed 66.3
50% 66.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.42
4K Mixed 0.34
84% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 38.1%
Great: 66%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
MC Read 37.3
MC Write 34.2
MC Mixed 32.1
99% 34.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 13.8
SC Mixed 13.2
40% 14.1 GB/s
Latency 68.5
58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 76%

 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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