Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics83.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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)
Memory18 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120618
Uptime1.3 Days
Run DateDec 15 '19 at 16:56
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd 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 above expectations (79th percentile)
79.2% Very good
Memory 85.3
1-Core 104
2-Core 207
75% 132 Pts
4-Core 394
8-Core 606
62% 500 Pts
64-Core 772
48% 772 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 116
Parallax 114
88% 112 fps
MRender 97.3
Gravity 99.6
Splatting 82
75% 93 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM01B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 498
Write 242
Mixed 282
75% 341 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 77.9
4K Mixed 44.2
149% 52 MB/s
DQ Read 291
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 353
247% 310 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60
954GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 105 107 107 108 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
59.6% Above average
Read 101
Write 105
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 106
73% 98.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 59.6%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 3x8GB
3 of 8 slots used
24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
66.1% Good
MC Read 26
MC Write 24.4
MC Mixed 23.3
70% 24.6 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 12.5
39% 13.8 GB/s
Latency 71.7
56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 66.1%
Great: 66%

 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
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $289Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175Nvidia RTX 4070 $550Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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