Asus SABERTOOTH X58

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.36% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive47.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory18GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 18GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X58  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 18 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120809
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateAug 21 '17 at 10:05
Run Duration234 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-920-$90
LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Memory 93.7
1-Core 102
2-Core 202
77% 133 Pts
4-Core 367
8-Core 492
54% 430 Pts
64-Core 507
31% 507 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT
EVGA(3842 C982) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
6.36% Terrible
Lighting 8.57
Reflection 8.5
Parallax 2.81
7% 6.63 fps
MRender 7.33
Gravity 6.5
Splatting 5.48
5% 6.44 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 6.36%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO3 240GB-$99
165GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
47.4% Average
Read 358
Write 128
Mixed 159
47% 215 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 32.1
4K Mixed 13.1
77% 24.6 MB/s
DQ Read 30.2
DQ Write 93.3
DQ Mixed 12.6
24% 45.4 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 47.4%
Great: 99%
Seagate Momentus Thin 7200 2.5" 320GB-$29
534GB free
Firmware: 0004LVM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
139% Outstanding
Read 237
Write 246
Mixed 166
161% 216 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.65
4K Mixed 0.65
173% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 139%
Great: 64%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40
534GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Read 232
Write 222
Mixed 152
150% 202 MB/s
4K Read 0.99
4K Write 3.69
4K Mixed 0.56
171% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 130%
Great: 65%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40
534GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 200
Mixed 173
142% 189 MB/s
4K Read 0.97
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 0.47
159% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 113%
Great: 65%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270
511GB free
Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
56.7% Above average
Read 95.2
Write 102
Mixed 87.1
71% 94.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.48
4K Mixed 0.26
76% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 56.7%
Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70
190GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
40.4% Average
Read 86.9
Write 53.8
Mixed 78.6
55% 73.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.32
4K Write 1.62
4K Mixed 0.12
57% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 40.4%
Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
24GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
76% Very good
Read 131
Write 134
Mixed 131
100% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.58
4K Write 2.39
4K Mixed 0.16
87% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 76%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 18GB
null MHz
4096, 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
54.7% Above average
MC Read 21.4
MC Write 16.5
MC Mixed 19.8
55% 19.2 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 12.2
SC Mixed 15.6
39% 13.5 GB/s
Latency 60.4
66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 24%
This bench: 54.7%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH X58 Builds (Compare 1,656 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X58

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $380
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