Asus SABERTOOTH X99

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	134% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X99 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '19 at 19:25
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 215 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 652 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1263) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.23 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 94.1 Parallax 93.2 84% 96.5 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 90.5 Splatting 80.4 74% 92.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 190 184 181 179 174 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,649 Write 1,149 Mixed 468 SusWrite 233 193% 875 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 32.4 115% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 466 334% 432 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 236%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 4TB 2,430 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 243 240 246 241 278 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 60.8 Write 189 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 246 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.8 222% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 167 168 166 167 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 133 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 164 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 152 154 152 153 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 152 Write 113 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 151 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4.5TB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 202 Write 34.5 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 35.7 83% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 73% 4.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 76%
Seagate GoFlex Desk 3TB 555 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1.5TB free, PID 50a5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 114 114 115 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 119 Write 81.7 Mixed 76.4 SusWrite 114 129% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 74% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 2,538 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 41.2 120% 42.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 22 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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Gaming 82%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X99

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	353x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	157x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	127x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	39x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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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 $177	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) $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