Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	89.3% 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	38% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '19 at 10:58
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 61 2-Core 134 58% 93.5 Pts	4-Core 203 8-Core 425 37% 314 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2061) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 111 Parallax 105 93% 110 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 79.8 83% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$25 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900106 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 7.4 6.3 7.6 8.9 8 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38% Below average	Read 216 Write 115 Mixed 158 SusWrite 7.4 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 32.9 4K Mixed 18.3 75% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 12.7 43% 95.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 905GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 118 118 112 125 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 106 Write 72.8 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 116 65% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 57GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 34 31 31 34 31 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 62.8 Write 17.7 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 33.1 40% 34 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.7 156% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 28.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 11.2 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 98%

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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	438x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	384x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	297x

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

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16