Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.4% 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	105% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '17 at 10:21
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 100 2-Core 200 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 559 56% 457 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2062 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.35 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 119 Parallax 111 82% 110 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 107 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7311 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 954 (B1) Unknown 98 98 64 (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 49 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 102 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32737383393	105% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 484 Mixed 486 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 41.2 144% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 117 118% 193 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
WD WD5001FFWX-68Z39N0 5TB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 100 5691 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 978 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6129 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 804 (10) Unknown 14 186 247202841511 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 100 4529 (C2) HDA temperature 124 105 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0
Poor: 50% Great: 122%
Seagate ST4000VN0001-1SF178 4TB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: AN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 136138648 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 822 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 200256815 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4816 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 716 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 59 471597084 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10652 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 16 136138648 (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 53678501269291 (F1) Unknown 100 253 182124075086 (F2) Unknown 100 253 55711802940
Poor: 69% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 683GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150344320 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3261 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 56 120294269825 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2380 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 41 41 59 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 457 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50164 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 47244640287 (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 -49864570294790 (F1) Unknown 100 253 97649734950 (F2) Unknown 100 253 126479648509	88.2% Excellent	Read 156 Write 152 Mixed 147 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.36 93% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 562 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 42.8 MC Write 44.8 MC Mixed 39.5 121% 42.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%

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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	99x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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