Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	128% 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	41.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	36.2 GB free of 40 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 11:44
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 84.9 2-Core 168 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 553 56% 454 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 212 Parallax 192 141% 193 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 191 Splatting 125 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 216GB free Firmware: X211200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1112 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 648 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 38 (A9) Unknown 100 100 313 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 275 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 50 214749413407 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 50 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 50 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1521146688 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3726211388 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	52% Above average	Read 382 Write 190 Mixed 227 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 19.3 70% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 53.6 DQ Mixed 48.1 44% 68 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 99%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 7001844 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 52 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -40613210747067 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1556 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 276 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 51542687771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7001844 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 52 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7001844 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7001844 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14092 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15770 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15770 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12945	41.5% Average	Read 263 Write 208 Mixed 233 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 10.3 58% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.1 DQ Write 41.4 DQ Mixed 10.5 14% 23.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 995GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 133 9875 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7680 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1455 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 341 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9372 (C2) HDA temperature 120 92 32 (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	52.8% Above average	Read 90.6 Write 93.4 Mixed 88.8 68% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.14 71% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 60%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 583GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2864 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1585 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 285 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2578 (C2) HDA temperature 113 91 34 (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	62% Good	Read 116 Write 99.8 Mixed 102 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.4 106% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 76%
LaCie Rugged Mini USB3 2TB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 524GB free, PID 106b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 71.4 Write 71.6 Mixed 74.8 94% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.32 66% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 52%
Lexar SD USB_3_0 Read 128GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 113GB free, PID b049 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 85.1 Write 15.1 Mixed 26.5 41% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.41 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 1.1 124% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 47%
Lexar CF USB_3_0 Read 32GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 2GB free, PID b049 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 110 Write 60.9 Mixed 74.2 97% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.34 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.98 104% 3.49 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1866C1 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C1 Hynix HMT451U7AFR8C-RD Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G Hynix HMT451U7AFR8C-RD Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 40GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 29.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.2 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 82%

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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 $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