Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	72.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 05:12
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 250 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 722 75% 601 Pts	64-Core 920 57% 920 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 182 Parallax 181 124% 171 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 161 Splatting 120 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 36GB free Firmware: 2CV102HA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2298 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2013 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1094 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 63669 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 2048 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 880524945 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	43.5% Average	Read 255 Write 107 Mixed 151 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 7.18 77% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 82.9 DQ Mixed 48.3 54% 94.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 46%
Crucial MTFDDAK256MBF-1AN1ZABHA 256GB 2,574 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: M603 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1896 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 56 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 203 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 52 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2409486221726 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 182 (C2) HDA temperature 67 59 176094642209 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	72.6% Very good	Read 267 Write 257 Mixed 263 59% 262 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 31 126% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 40.7 69% 133 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 78GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 94 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 92 (03) Spinup time 117 100 12897681603 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6676 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2140 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 4301076565 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 337903649 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6763 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6763 (C2) HDA temperature 181 133 193274249249 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 14263	56.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 88.1 Mixed 98.5 74% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.33 75% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 40GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 68 68 10400 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10115 (05) Reallocated sector count 78 78 966 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3801 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 470614042 (C2) HDA temperature 70 59 504168478 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1235263 (C4) Reallocation count 77 77 966 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	38.4% Below average	Read 71.8 Write 61.7 Mixed 63.5 49% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.44 107% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 35GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 89 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 94 (03) Spinup time 120 100 12897419455 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8725 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 458759 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 62 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2145 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 84 38655951097 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 337903650 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8784 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8784 (C2) HDA temperature 176 136 188979347490 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 88	66.7% Good	Read 112 Write 120 Mixed 92.7 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.24 63% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 15GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164181014 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 693254777 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 40208 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2242 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65556 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 554893344 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 47244640288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 29 164181014 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 177 992	34.5% Below average	Read 72.4 Write 47.8 Mixed 50.8 43% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.27 68% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 60%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 1,909 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 15GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 20.3 Mixed 17.7 29% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.11 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.83 102% 3.41 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 34.5 102% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 97%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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