Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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 Drive	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131015
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '18 at 23:14
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 613 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 154 Parallax 130 113% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 113 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 130 110 125 100 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 339 Write 182 Mixed 190 SusWrite 123 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 27.1 101% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 109 100% 154 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 91%
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 13GB free Firmware: P0520AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 243 245 243 244 244 MB/s Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	72.3% Very good	Read 250 Write 8.5 Mixed 234 SusWrite 245 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 38.6 126% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 173 131% 174 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 95%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 586GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 159 159 159 159 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 146 Mixed 89 SusWrite 158 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX 28GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 22.8 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 14.6 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 107%

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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%

Battleship

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 $94Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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