Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics97.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20121225
Uptime7 Days
Run DateSep 23 '22 at 22:51
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 35%

 PC Performing below expectations (24th 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 below expectations (37th percentile)
72.1% Very good
Memory 88.4
1-Core 79.7
2-Core 176
68% 115 Pts
4-Core 302
8-Core 507
49% 405 Pts
64-Core 664
41% 664 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 516.94
Performing below potential (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
97.9% Outstanding
Lighting 170
Reflection 160
Parallax 85.5
138% 138 fps
MRender 15.1
Gravity 11.5
Splatting 39.5
20% 22 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 97.9%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190
5GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXM04B0Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 455
Write 226
Mixed 229
67% 303 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 50.6
4K Mixed 29
101% 34.7 MB/s
DQ Read 364
DQ Write 207
DQ Mixed 127
137% 233 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
463GB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 233 233 245 249 248 MB/s
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
66.5% Good
Read 245
Write 237
Mixed 234
SusWrite 239
54% 239 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 45.9
4K Mixed 32.2
106% 35 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 194
DQ Mixed 199
149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 66.5%
Great: 129%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71
1.5TB free
Firmware: JKAOA28A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 116 114 115 115 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
60.6% Good
Read 97.4
Write 111
Mixed 54
SusWrite 114
69% 93.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 60.6%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 2x8GB
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
45.9% Average
MC Read 17.1
MC Write 15.9
MC Mixed 14.8
46% 15.9 GB/s
SC Read 12.2
SC Write 12.2
SC Mixed 11.2
34% 11.9 GB/s
Latency 69.1
58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 45.9%
Great: 72%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,778 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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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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