Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.9% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '17 at 21:03
Run Duration	371 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 199 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 620 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 366E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Lighting 88.8 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 76.7 72% 84.1 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 68.9 61% 75.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 15131080 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 83897891178296 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2405 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 87 (B1) Unknown 0 0 12 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15131080 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15131080 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15131080 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16761 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13779 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13779 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14354	41.9% Average	Read 190 Write 98.3 Mixed 114 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 13.1 82% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 96.3 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 31.8 43% 77.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 61%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 121GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 173 163 6316 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3190 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18820 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2507 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 571 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 2 2 595810 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	46.2% Average	Read 77.2 Write 83.9 Mixed 72.8 58% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.13 58% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 84GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 7563104 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6245 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 10088 (07) Seek error rate 52 52 1468934497385 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14975 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1796 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 133 (BC) Unknown 100 99 42950328330 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 65030455327 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 362 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 70599 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 -140737488355297 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 32 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 32 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 46020574580186 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37120743948 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29046235125	66.1% Good	Read 111 Write 120 Mixed 105 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.21 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 114%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 27.5 Mixed 28.8 37% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 55%
ST320005 42AS 2TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 31.4 Write 27.5 Mixed 11.2 28% 23.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.48 66% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 40%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 330GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 31.6 Write 28 Mixed 12 28% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.29 61% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 40%
WDC WD20 EARX-00PASB0 2TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 186GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 26.7 Mixed 18.2 31% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.18 57% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 48.8 MC Write 48.4 MC Mixed 43.7 134% 47 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 86%

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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	434x
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	100x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $812

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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16