Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.1% 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	99.9% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 02:22
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 698 68% 559 Pts	64-Core 837 52% 837 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% MSI(1462 2842) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Lighting 37.9 Reflection 36.1 Parallax 46.8 31% 40.3 fps	MRender 49 Gravity 42.7 Splatting 37 34% 42.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 459GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 489 Mixed 529 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 26.1 110% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 123 120% 190 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 446%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 992 Write 320 Mixed 394 124% 569 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 20.2 104% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 96.5 107% 181 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 182%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 99GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 86 3285429 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 63290638083876 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1278 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 742 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3285429 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3285429 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3285429 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1377 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1141 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1141 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2200	48.7% Average	Read 366 Write 160 Mixed 211 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 15.3 77% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 40.7 DQ Mixed 9.56 14% 24.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	120% Outstanding	MC Read 50 MC Write 48.5 MC Mixed 43.5 135% 47.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 120%

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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 $129Bench 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 $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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