Asus SABERTOOTH X99

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	188% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X99 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '18 at 06:20
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 887 84% 695 Pts	64-Core 1,396 86% 1,396 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 616 537 512 509 466 329 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,920 Write 1,116 Mixed 698 SusWrite 495 233% 1,057 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 50.5 177% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 839 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 467 378% 548 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 283%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 170GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 266 262 251 249 269 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 487 Write 144 Mixed 247 SusWrite 258 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 25.2 95% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 128 111% 170 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 86%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 189GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 253 273 279 277 276 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 374 Write 292 Mixed 297 SusWrite 266 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 42.3 145% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 305 224% 295 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 220%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 180GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 265 264 267 288 286 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 907 Write 307 Mixed 334 SusWrite 270 100% 454 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 34.3 130% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 199 163% 228 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: MEAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 93 93 94 95 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 94.5 Mixed 55 SusWrite 93.6 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 66%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 125 124 124 126 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 60.5 Write 20.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 121 42% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M4B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M4B3000C15 CMK16GX4M4B3000C15 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.9% Very good	MC Read 38 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 21.3 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 106%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X99

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	354x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	157x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	127x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	107x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	86x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	40x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	34x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	33x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	30x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 120%, 113 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	21x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $420

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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