Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics114% 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 Drive59.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120803
Uptime53.7 Days
Run DateJan 12 '19 at 21:51
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
73.3% Very good
Memory 88.9
1-Core 92.7
2-Core 179
71% 120 Pts
4-Core 312
8-Core 527
51% 420 Pts
64-Core 670
42% 670 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
114% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 200
Parallax 193
118% 179 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 174
Splatting 126
115% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 114%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 162 129 128 130 128 MB/s
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
59.6% Above average
Read 254
Write 225
Mixed 210
SusWrite 146
47% 209 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 50.1
4K Mixed 29.7
102% 34.9 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 191
DQ Mixed 199
149% 197 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 59.6%
Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210
93GB free
Firmware: EXM04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 237 243 240 240 241 MB/s
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
67.7% Good
Read 252
Write 240
Mixed 223
SusWrite 238
54% 238 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 47.6
4K Mixed 34.2
109% 36.1 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 128
116% 175 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 124%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB
604GB free, PID 3312
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 148 149 150 148 144 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
58% Above average
Read 139
Write 140
Mixed 79
SusWrite 148
170% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
95% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 58%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
83.2% Excellent
MC Read 33.5
MC Write 33.5
MC Mixed 30
92% 32.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 12.3
SC Mixed 11.9
36% 12.7 GB/s
Latency 68.6
58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 83.2%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,774 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $176Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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