Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime5.9 Days
Run DateSep 06 '20 at 19:00
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User KWT-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing below expectations (34th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3970X-$217
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
75% Very good
Memory 82.9
1-Core 105
2-Core 194
73% 127 Pts
4-Core 370
8-Core 483
54% 427 Pts
64-Core 686
42% 686 Pts
Poor: 69%
This bench: 75%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
111% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 178
Parallax 180
115% 166 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 177
Splatting 123
112% 138 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 111%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 216 207 169 168 165 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
64.8% Good
Read 335
Write 327
Mixed 279
SusWrite 195
64% 284 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 54.8
4K Mixed 20.3
90% 32.7 MB/s
DQ Read 332
DQ Write 233
DQ Mixed 187
166% 251 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 64.8%
Great: 124%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
83.3% Excellent
MC Read 33.4
MC Write 33.6
MC Mixed 30.2
93% 32.4 GB/s
SC Read 14.4
SC Write 13.4
SC Mixed 12.4
38% 13.4 GB/s
Latency 75.3
53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 83.3%
Great: 96%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,773 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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