Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	57.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '18 at 16:08
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X-$265 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 740 73% 597 Pts	64-Core 867 54% 867 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 158 Parallax 136 130% 151 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 147 Splatting 116 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 306GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 228 153 183 231 227 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.6% Above average	Read 248 Write 241 Mixed 222 SusWrite 204 52% 229 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 23.7 85% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 22.7 66% 142 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 171GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 173 174 168 168 168 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 346 Write 159 Mixed 200 SusWrite 168 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 32.3 108% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 31.7 49% 92.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 134%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 94GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 135 134 133 134 134 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.6% Above average	Read 235 Write 151 Mixed 180 SusWrite 134 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 27.1 93% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 24.7 55% 114 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 82%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 145 145 146 146 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 147 Write 145 Mixed 76 SusWrite 144 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 131 132 131 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 145 Write 139 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 130 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,490 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 37.4 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 102%

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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	100x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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