Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.4% 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 Drive78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH X79  (all builds)
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140506
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 23 '18 at 18:50
Run Duration86 Seconds
Run User ZAF-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280
LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Memory 94.1
1-Core 100
2-Core 201
77% 132 Pts
4-Core 401
8-Core 658
65% 530 Pts
64-Core 766
47% 766 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 115
Parallax 114
89% 113 fps
MRender 96.1
Gravity 102
Splatting 89.3
78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67
897GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61110RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
78.7% Very good
Read 492
Write 345
Mixed 335
86% 390 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 59.3
4K Mixed 21.1
106% 37.2 MB/s
DQ Read 184
DQ Write 118
DQ Mixed 44.6
62% 115 MB/s
Poor: 69%
This bench: 78.7%
Great: 121%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
98.7% Outstanding
MC Read 41
MC Write 38.8
MC Mixed 35.7
110% 38.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 13.8
SC Mixed 12.8
42% 14.6 GB/s
Latency 59.5
67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 98.7%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,785 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $1,176
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