Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 18:00
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 622 70% 547 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 138 Parallax 118 103% 128 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 120 Splatting 101 87% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9128 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 623 (A2) Unknown 100 100 887 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589850 (AE) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8124 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6170	63.8% Good	Read 509 Write 337 Mixed 352 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 8.16 66% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 8.44 30% 62.5 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 100%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 235GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 130 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6240 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17834 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1513 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1671 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 50191 (C2) HDA temperature 119 99 24 (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	53.4% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 87.7 Mixed 90.1 69% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 79%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 108GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1062 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6849 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 2 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22844 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1485 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6705 (C2) HDA temperature 114 96 29 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 45 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 34 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 199 198 223	48% Average	Read 84.3 Write 82.7 Mixed 89.6 65% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,073 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 36.1 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 85%

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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