Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	132% 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	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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '16 at 22:38
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3970X-$217 2,677 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 831 82% 670 Pts	64-Core 971 60% 971 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 83 Reflection 57.7 Parallax 106 68% 82.3 fps	MRender 58.1 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 74.6 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 456GB 611 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 801 Write 594 Mixed 639 151% 678 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 29.6 161% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 401 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 152 173% 297 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 129%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 646GB free Firmware: 1D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 831 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 677 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 640 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 30 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.3% Good	Read 112 Write 115 Mixed 102 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.49 143% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 345GB free Firmware: 1D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 174 3958 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5360 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7507 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2616 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1291 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4068 (C2) HDA temperature 121 107 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.2% Good	Read 120 Write 100 Mixed 99.2 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.53 118% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	MC Read 56 MC Write 54.3 MC Mixed 48.4 151% 52.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 16.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 130%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 79%

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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) $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