Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.2% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 03:01
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 129 58% 94.6 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 411 40% 326 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 73.6 Parallax 70.4 62% 73.2 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 68.2 Splatting 70.5 57% 69.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 256GB-$100 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 321 349 363 363 353 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 463 Write 390 Mixed 278 SusWrite 334 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 23.5 83% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 147 136% 211 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 106%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 188GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 366 393 381 375 385 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 467 Write 426 Mixed 303 SusWrite 363 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 27.4 91% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 68 104% 198 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 111%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 90GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 367 396 380 376 388 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 451 Write 432 Mixed 298 SusWrite 364 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 27 87% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 68.2 105% 200 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 111%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3.5TB free, PID ab28 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 133 131 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 106 Write 125 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 131 149% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.7 184% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF 2x8GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.6% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 14.6 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 60%

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,672 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	863x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	209x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	110x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	83x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	81x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	62x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	61x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	84x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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