Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.5% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '20 at 01:36
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 178 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 469 48% 386 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$71 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 306 303 303 305 303 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 494 Write 450 Mixed 404 SusWrite 305 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 34.1 112% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 269 216% 301 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 127%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$129 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 484GB free Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 293 293 291 296 293 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 455 Mixed 405 SusWrite 295 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 41.6 138% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 393 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 304 246% 348 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 126%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 700GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 64 64 64 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 78.7 Write 74.8 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 64.2 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 65 65 65 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 150 Write 128 Mixed 65 SusWrite 64.7 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 88%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 140 142 141 136 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 147 Write 131 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 139 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 97%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 8TB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 46GB free, PID 0a10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 130 133 132 129 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 154 Write 99.7 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 129 134% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 38% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 98%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 8TB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 105GB free, PID 0a10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 126 126 130 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 165 Write 164 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 126 174% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 42% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 98%
JMicron Disk 6TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 39GB free, PID 9561 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 133 133 132 140 138 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.7% Average	Read 108 Write 87.5 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 134 119% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 34% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1866 4x8GB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 30 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 105%

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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	442x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	387x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	106x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	64x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	30x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

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Total price: $808

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16