Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.4% 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 Drive	28.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130618
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 22:19
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 91.8 2-Core 176 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 498 51% 413 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 114 Parallax 112 92% 113 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 91.7 78% 96.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 456GB 611 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 132 169 77 0.5 0.5 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.9% Poor	Read 96 Write 203 Mixed 246 SusWrite 83.6 36% 157 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 20 4K Mixed 14.9 60% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 49.8 DQ Mixed 0.5 11% 24.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 129%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 667 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 81GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 119 164 122 0.5 0.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 212 Write 45 Mixed 66 SusWrite 90.4 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 236% 2 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 221%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 342GB free, PID 1230 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 60 81 53 0.5 0.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 79.8 Write 77.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 43.2 78% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 59%
Samsung SSD 840 Series 250GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 126GB free, PID 5106 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 23 40 64 0.5 0.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 131 Write 52.5 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 26.3 73% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 14.8 4K Mixed 9.8 865% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 18.9 DQ Write 18.1 DQ Mixed 12 1,094% 16.3 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 156%
WD My Passport 0740 500GB 3,483 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 123GB free, PID 0740 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 58.8 Mixed 46 56% 52.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 42% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 358 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 29 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 107%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

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 $273	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 $40	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