Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.9% 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	88.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '16 at 17:24
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 256 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 809 81% 657 Pts	64-Core 991 61% 991 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 113 Parallax 113 92% 113 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 91.6 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6291 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2020 (B1) Unknown 95 95 151 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 326 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30009807836	88.4% Excellent	Read 526 Write 450 Mixed 503 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 23.9 125% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 94.4 DQ Mixed 23.5 30% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 43929448 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2234 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11541534 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1603 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 59 4918149157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 501 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26406 (C2) HDA temperature 37 41 -140737488355291 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -115216792678241 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7456616008 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20226170123	101% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 176 Mixed 153 126% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.27 91% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 85GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 75170328 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2212 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 8624245890 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6345 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1604 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 61 623181861 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 503 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46953 (C2) HDA temperature 37 40 64424509477 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -14383845470782 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32391171374 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35939728364	84.5% Excellent	Read 142 Write 153 Mixed 148 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.21 70% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 113%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 24GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 190 Write 97.1 Mixed 124 160% 137 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 11 4K Mixed 5.08 600% 10 MB/s	DQ Read 14.1 DQ Write 10.8 DQ Mixed 4.81 582% 9.9 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,972 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 45.3 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 39.6 119% 41.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 106%

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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