Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.4% 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	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '17 at 06:44
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 178 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 490 49% 398 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 115 Parallax 99.4 84% 106 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 103 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 529GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12018 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 180 (B1) Unknown 99 1 50 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 55 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 46931439187	108% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 497 Mixed 518 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 45 153% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 99.8 101% 164 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 49 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8566 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1295 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 278 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1234 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 41 (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	76.4% Very good	Read 146 Write 120 Mixed 114 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.48 134% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 85%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 981GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	47% Average	Read 120 Write 102 Mixed 64.9 116% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.18 89% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 49%
MiniPro EN3 2TB 667GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	124% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 218 Mixed 170 251% 194 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 14.9 4K Mixed 6.69 783% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 17 DQ Write 31.6 DQ Mixed 10.9 1,508% 19.8 MB/s

ST332062 0AS 320GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 200GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 73.2 Write 70.1 Mixed 42 76% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.42 76% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 31%
SABRENT 256GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 174GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 245 Mixed 195 283% 218 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 25.3 4K Mixed 10.5 1,286% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.6 DQ Write 26.6 DQ Mixed 10.5 1,335% 18.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 336%
Corsair Flash Voyager GTX USB 3.0 128GB-$107 102 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 103GB free, PID 1a0e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 251 Write 176 Mixed 179 246% 202 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 25.4 4K Mixed 6.32 1,147% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 27.1 DQ Mixed 6.15 1,205% 17.7 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 229%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 8x4GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 34.4 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 113%

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

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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	442x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	386x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	106x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	101x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	64x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	30x
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: $808

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16