Asus SABERTOOTH X99

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	262% 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.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X99 (all builds)
Memory	59 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '16 at 15:15
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 288 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 1030 96% 799 Pts	64-Core 1503 93% 1503 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 70.4 64% 76.3 fps	MRender 77.5 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 63.3 57% 71.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,296 Write 1,397 Mixed 1,485 381% 1,726 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 58.4 219% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 464 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 191 200% 332 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 283%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 19GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10168423 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 119365731100882 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 744 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 337 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 54 42953211929 (C2) HDA temperature 25 54 42953211929 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10168423 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10168423 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10168423 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11830 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4636 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4636 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4559	79.2% Very good	Read 515 Write 200 Mixed 256 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 18.6 126% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 60.9 91% 170 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 102GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 218 (03) Spinup time 182 170 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8453 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5324 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 3977 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4475 (C2) HDA temperature 118 78 29 (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 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68% Good	Read 117 Write 120 Mixed 111 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.56 150% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x8GB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	136% Outstanding	MC Read 56.8 MC Write 53.3 MC Mixed 48.4 151% 52.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 30.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 142%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X99

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	353x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	157x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	127x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	107x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	86x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	39x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	34x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	33x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	30x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 120%, 113 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	21x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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