Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.4% 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	43.7% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 28 '18 at 18:05
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 210 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 640 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1316 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.4% Very good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 101 Parallax 92.2 80% 97.1 fps	MRender 86.3 Gravity 90.4 Splatting 73.2 67% 83.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 41GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 0 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 466 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (94) Unknown 100 100 0 (95) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 6 (AA) Unknown 100 100 7 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65540 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C2) HDA temperature 66 53 201864642594 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 1 1 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 206 (F1) Unknown 100 100 234 (F2) Unknown 100 100 506 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 4 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10560	64% Good	Read 456 Write 262 Mixed 292 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 4.79 81% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 6.76 51% 115 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 85%
SSD 128GB 3,975 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8861 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1108 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 25 (AD) Unknown 100 100 228917491 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 5 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8829544	43.7% Average	Read 430 Write 92.9 Mixed 29.3 39% 184 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 4.59 68% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 65 DQ Mixed 3.92 15% 31 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 289GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 158 5883 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5540 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1074 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5539 (C2) HDA temperature 119 93 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.8% Below average	Read 74 Write 64.5 Mixed 73.3 53% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.51 121% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 57%
WD My Passport 0830 2TB 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 969GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 25.4 Mixed 21 32% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.17 20% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 2x8GB 237 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.4% Below average	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 9 27% 9.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 58%

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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 $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) $30	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