Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 Drive129% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140725
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateFeb 21 '18 at 20:16
Run Duration235 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 94.9
1-Core 108
2-Core 215
81% 140 Pts
4-Core 389
8-Core 648
63% 518 Pts
64-Core 792
49% 792 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2503 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 149
Parallax 127
116% 139 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 138
Splatting 110
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB
90GB free
Firmware: BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 522
Write 506
Mixed 509
114% 512 MB/s
4K Read 41.8
4K Write 87.6
4K Mixed 34.1
153% 54.5 MB/s
DQ Read 300
DQ Write 249
DQ Mixed 109
127% 219 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 110%
Great: 102%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C4005T4 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
129% Outstanding
Read 1,181
Write 744
Mixed 722
195% 882 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 74.8
4K Mixed 18
114% 42.2 MB/s
DQ Read 35.1
DQ Write 98.4
DQ Mixed 19.2
28% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 84%
This bench: 129%
Great: 159%
Corsair Force GS 360GB-$294
73GB free
Firmware: A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
52.5% Above average
Read 269
Write 232
Mixed 236
55% 246 MB/s
4K Read 27.8
4K Write 20.3
4K Mixed 16.6
74% 21.5 MB/s
DQ Read 157
DQ Write 84.2
DQ Mixed 54.2
58% 98.4 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 52.5%
Great: 65%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$64
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1K02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
77.7% Very good
Read 148
Write 122
Mixed 146
105% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 2.73
4K Mixed 0.35
111% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 77.7%
Great: 96%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$64
395GB free
Firmware: 1K02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
76.8% Very good
Read 149
Write 119
Mixed 103
92% 123 MB/s
4K Read 0.56
4K Write 2.92
4K Mixed 0.37
119% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 96%
LaCie Rugged Mini USB3 1TB
876GB free, PID 106b
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
50.4% Above average
Read 105
Write 114
Mixed 64.3
119% 94.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.26
4K Mixed 0.54
133% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 50.4%
Great: 50%
LaCie Rugged Mini USB3 1TB
290GB free, PID 106b
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
37.4% Below average
Read 87.1
Write 88.9
Mixed 85.3
113% 87.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 1.72
4K Mixed 0.22
68% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 37.4%
Great: 50%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
110% Outstanding
MC Read 44.7
MC Write 43.3
MC Mixed 42.1
124% 43.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.5
SC Write 13.9
SC Mixed 13.8
43% 15.1 GB/s
Latency 57.3
70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 110%
Great: 112%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,776 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 - $335

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $812
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HDDRAMUSB
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