Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% 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	60.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	51.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '21 at 01:36
Run Duration	327 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 656 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 827 51% 827 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 118 Parallax 139 110% 131 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 130 Splatting 108 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair FORCE LX 256GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7A SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 206 156 130 124 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 508 Write 183 Mixed 300 SusWrite 166 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 24.2 4K Mixed 6.8 62% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 198 174% 259 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 90%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 11GB free Firmware: R112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 45 41 40 39 39 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.9% Average	Read 172 Write 86.4 Mixed 103 SusWrite 42.2 22% 101 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 26 111% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 100 90% 137 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 81%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 339GB free Firmware: R013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 423 436 442 442 440 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 453 Mixed 422 SusWrite 433 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 31.4 134% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 51.8 104% 208 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 232GB free Firmware: 101020WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 644 436 438 438 438 437 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,706 Write 1,520 Mixed 1360 SusWrite 472 283% 1,265 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 57.8 194% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 685 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 583 429% 568 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 228%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$74 6,712 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 434GB free Firmware: 101020WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1828 1405 1411 1408 1413 1416 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,875 Write 2,142 Mixed 1,743 SusWrite 1,480 408% 1,810 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 58.6 194% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 660 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 578 423% 558 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 335%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 145 147 146 136 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 135 Write 117 Mixed 60 SusWrite 141 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 114%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 112 114 113 111 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 109 Write 107 Mixed 99 SusWrite 112 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 83%
Winconway 126GB 118GB free, PID 1000, Vansuny 128 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 80 72 46 57 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.5% Average	Read 137 Write 107 Mixed 110 SusWrite 75 140% 107 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 4 240% 5.8 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 8x8GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.9% Very good	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 28.4 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 13.7 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 11: 1R 1G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
11%	10%	48	40	6	100	34"	3440 1440	MSI3DB6 MAG342CQRV

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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	435x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	383x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	101x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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	29x
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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16