Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 52%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive54% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20131015
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateOct 25 '17 at 14:26
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (59th 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
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
79.4% Very good
Memory 93.3
1-Core 108
2-Core 212
80% 138 Pts
4-Core 354
8-Core 533
55% 443 Pts
64-Core 542
34% 542 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.0
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
62.1% Good
Lighting 78
Reflection 84.8
Parallax 75.9
64% 79.6 fps
MRender 79.7
Gravity 73.2
Splatting 66.8
59% 73.2 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 62.1%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU03
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
54% Above average
Read 335
Write 167
Mixed 221
53% 241 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 47.7
4K Mixed 24.4
90% 31.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1.86
DQ Write 121
DQ Mixed 0.97
19% 41.1 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 54%
Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
807GB free
Firmware: CC27
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
88.5% Excellent
Read 172
Write 137
Mixed 121
107% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 1.53
4K Mixed 0.34
88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 88.5%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
56.8% Above average
MC Read 21.5
MC Write 19.5
MC Mixed 19
57% 20 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 14.4
SC Mixed 12.8
41% 14.5 GB/s
Latency 61.4
65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 56.8%
Great: 63%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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