Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	51.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111003
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '18 at 10:00
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	67%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 180 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 462 48% 384 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 143 Parallax 124 104% 132 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 85 86 81 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 299 Write 138 Mixed 160 SusWrite 83.6 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 25.4 88% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 147 112% 153 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 87%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 532GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 87 92 92 97 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 157 Write 146 Mixed 74 SusWrite 92.3 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 79GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 69 72 72 71 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 41.2 Write 42.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 71.5 36% 48.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 69%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 371 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 29GB free, PID 0736 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	9.53% Terrible	Read 16.3 Write 14 Mixed 16.7 SusWrite 12.8 20% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.1 123% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.53% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,409 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 33.7 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.7 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 104%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

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	99x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	60x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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