Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	56.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 07:02
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 748 75% 609 Pts	64-Core 904 56% 904 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5742 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 643 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22870052500	102% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 398 Mixed 418 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 44.8 157% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 77.3 86% 147 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 915GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 145 11525 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1796 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1534 (10) Unknown 77 123 1359284814695 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1732 (C2) HDA temperature 122 112 30 (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	88.9% Excellent	Read 147 Write 163 Mixed 160 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.33 124% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 8x8GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 37 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 15.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 99%

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,773 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	434x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	383x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	99x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	60x

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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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $812

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16