Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	81.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	May 29 '18 at 17:17
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X-$265 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 681 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 865 54% 865 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 209 Parallax 208 141% 197 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 190 Splatting 131 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 183GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22580 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2924 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 4 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 288 (AE) Unknown 100 100 277 (B5) Unknown 100 100 9805451822706 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 162 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 4	41.6% Average	Read 266 Write 212 Mixed 236 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 5.76 58% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 18.2 DQ Write 54 DQ Mixed 5.56 13% 25.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 74%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4281 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 256 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 59 51 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7942452844	81.5% Excellent	Read 512 Write 406 Mixed 411 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 19.4 106% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 94 78% 107 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 51GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 223 218 8808 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3681 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2711 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 462 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3676 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 37 (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 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.5% Above average	Read 110 Write 79.7 Mixed 72.6 65% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 35.4 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 14 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 99%

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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	435x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	383x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	100x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	62x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16