Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics84.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive113% 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.
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.
Run History
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 16 '19 at 08:02
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3960X
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
92% Outstanding
Memory 96.1
1-Core 117
2-Core 238
86% 151 Pts
4-Core 473
8-Core 768
76% 621 Pts
64-Core 908
56% 908 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 92%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1652 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
84.8% Excellent
Lighting 99.3
Reflection 91.2
Parallax 148
81% 113 fps
MRender 90.8
Gravity 109
Splatting 130
92% 110 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
300GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 301 299 303 303 303 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 489
Mixed 417
SusWrite 311
97% 432 MB/s
4K Read 40.1
4K Write 98.7
4K Mixed 54.3
183% 64.4 MB/s
DQ Read 392
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 361
272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 113%
Great: 129%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82
111GB free
Firmware: 1.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 177 167 177 177 177 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
63.2% Good
Read 341
Write 166
Mixed 199
SusWrite 175
49% 220 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 50.4
4K Mixed 28.7
98% 34.1 MB/s
DQ Read 248
DQ Write 125
DQ Mixed 164
128% 179 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 98%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80
768GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 137 138 139 140 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
75.6% Very good
Read 125
Write 137
Mixed 82.5
SusWrite 138
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
114% Outstanding
MC Read 47.1
MC Write 45.6
MC Mixed 40.8
127% 44.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.6
SC Write 16.6
SC Mixed 15.8
48% 17 GB/s
Latency 53.6
75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 114%
Great: 77%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,772 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 - $240

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $716
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Intel Core i5-12600K $186Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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