Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '17 at 05:14
Run Duration	389 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$100 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 671 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 862 53% 862 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 1370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.1% Good	Lighting 76 Reflection 79 Parallax 70.4 62% 75.1 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 63 56% 69.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20963 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 597 (B1) Unknown 93 93 84 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 38 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 459 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22816741749	50.8% Above average	Read 263 Write 178 Mixed 176 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 11.6 96% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 40.5 DQ Write 60 DQ Mixed 17.8 23% 39.5 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 55GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 62635109 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 87660282536965 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 727 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 562 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 40 68 12889358376 (C2) HDA temperature 40 68 12889358376 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 62635109 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 62635109 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 62635109 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10319 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7637 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7637 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4747	42.4% Average	Read 154 Write 83.4 Mixed 90.3 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 16.5 89% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 98.8 DQ Mixed 27 43% 82.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 73%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$98 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 175 5675 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4045 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 640 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 452 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3592 (C2) HDA temperature 109 88 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	76.5% Very good	Read 120 Write 146 Mixed 132 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.21 85% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 209849632 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1186 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 63577537 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13628 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 505 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 58 36 2410300768298 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 465 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33837 (C2) HDA temperature 42 64 -140737488355286 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -86874303484789 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21079773205 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49122007010	99% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 161 Mixed 158 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.35 104% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151607000 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2112 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 51 116114662879 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15997 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 527 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 34360262710 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 773718052 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 37 37 126012 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 47244640292 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 741 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 66498978655724 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29612455034 (F2) Unknown 100 253 196848000278	96.2% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 160 Mixed 154 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 113%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 570 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 931GB free, PID d000 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 89.7 Write 118 Mixed 7.66 87% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.14 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 59%
500 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 3GB free, PID 5500 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 99.1 Write 4.69 Mixed 11.6 30% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.008 74% 6.57 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0 4x8GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 47.2 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 43.9 129% 45.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	448x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	392x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	304x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	107x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	65x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	31x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $166	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353