Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	59.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '17 at 17:35
Run Duration	445 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3970X-$250 2,677 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 683 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Nvidia(10DE 1051) 3GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 47% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 119 226206008 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 -32693291035102 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1875 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 408 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (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 226206008 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 226206008 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 226206008 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23262 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15581 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15581 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11527	57.1% Above average	Read 479 Write 112 Mixed 167 55% 253 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 16 87% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 43.2 55% 97.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 82%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 6GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 12 100 12 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 535 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 41 (A9) Unknown 100 100 44 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 70 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 100 214748364828 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3876 (F1) Unknown 253 253 802 (F2) Unknown 253 253 501	54.1% Above average	Read 215 Write 243 Mixed 244 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 5.46 83% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 31.6 64% 127 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 395GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 145 145 34384707994 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2932 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1479 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3126 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 197568757791 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.9% Good	Read 109 Write 127 Mixed 120 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.19 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 107%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$58 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 136GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 235 227 8208 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6113 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 5 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3151 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 470 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6104 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 36 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.8% Below average	Read 71.7 Write 62.8 Mixed 64.4 50% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.51 134% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 76%
WDC WD50 00AAKB-00H8A0 500GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 39GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 26.1 Mixed 17.9 30% 24.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.33 63% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 15%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 137GB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 4GB free, PID 00ad Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 104 Write 31.4 Mixed 27.3 54% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.74 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.54 64% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 39%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 127GB 488 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 0GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 30.9 Write 4.18 Mixed 18.9 19% 18 MB/s	4K Read 2.79 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.38 69% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 8x8GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 34.8 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 101%

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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	448x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	391x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	304x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	107x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	65x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	31x
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 i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363