Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	279% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 23:21
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (95^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 199 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 498 54% 430 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 841F) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Lighting 35 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 42.4 28% 36.7 fps	MRender 40.8 Gravity 41.9 Splatting 28.3 29% 37 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 319 Write 384 Mixed 230 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 3.93 4K Write 8.14 4K Mixed 0.84 11% 4.3 MB/s	DQ Read 15.3 DQ Write 7.48 DQ Mixed 1.64 4% 8.14 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 614%
Nvme INTEL SSDPED1D28 280GB 456 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 1,361 Write 2,005 Mixed 1,757 385% 1,708 MB/s	4K Read 112 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 72.5 317% 95.8 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 66.7 74% 124 MB/s
Poor: 276% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 679%
Intel Raid 10 Volume 3TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 324 Write 160 Mixed 138 153% 207 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.52 140% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 139%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C11 8x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 34.8 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.8 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 120%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	297x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	100x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $807

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16