Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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 Drive	74.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '16 at 00:04
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 787 82% 660 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 140 Parallax 111 105% 127 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 144 Splatting 119 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 535 Write 268 Mixed 413 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 23.3 116% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.1 DQ Write 68.3 DQ Mixed 84.8 55% 62.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 133%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 128GB 1,050 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 70GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 1,051 Write 393 Mixed 577 148% 674 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 32.1 140% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 84.7 125% 228 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 103%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 437GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2380 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1828 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 980 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1399 (C2) HDA temperature 108 98 35 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.8% Excellent	Read 151 Write 141 Mixed 135 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.35 115% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-1600 4x8GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	MC Read 52.4 MC Write 52 MC Mixed 46.2 143% 50.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 127%

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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	297x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	100x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	62x

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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $807

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16