Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	61.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 X79 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120618
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '18 at 19:19
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (92^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 651 64% 526 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6386) ≥ 4GB; EVGA GEFORCE GTX 1080 CLASSIFIED CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 158 156 160 160 158 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 342 Write 208 Mixed 228 SusWrite 156 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 26.5 93% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 201 153% 208 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 88%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 447GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 243 252 241 241 241 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.7% Good	Read 234 Write 241 Mixed 217 SusWrite 244 53% 234 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 26.7 104% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 126 113% 171 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$58 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 102GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 128 128 119 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 138 Write 124 Mixed 113 SusWrite 123 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 219% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 76%
8 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 112GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 34 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 98 Write 50.7 Mixed 12 SusWrite 34.2 55% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.3 94% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600G 4x4GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 32.2 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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

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Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $158
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