Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.9% 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	53.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '19 at 16:47
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 69.4 2-Core 116 58% 91.4 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 434 41% 342 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 113 Parallax 94.2 82% 102 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 100 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 153 155 155 153 218 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 300 Write 150 Mixed 224 SusWrite 177 48% 213 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 23.1 93% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 55.3 DQ Write 60.4 DQ Mixed 52.1 41% 55.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 100%
Nvme Dogfish SSD PCIE 512GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 147% 472GB free Firmware: R0629A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 261 297 304 300 305 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 371 Write 285 Mixed 312 SusWrite 283 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 30.7 145% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 49.7 105% 215 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 242%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 166 166 168 167 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 159 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 166 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 99%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 1.5TB 770 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 1.5TB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 10 2.1 1.2 1.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	8.17% Terrible	Read 29 Write 29.3 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 11.8 28% 21.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.17% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 13.8 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 54%

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX Builds (Compare 422 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	119x
FX-8150AMD $770Bench 59%, 22,181 samples	75x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	66x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	24x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	226x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	90x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	37x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $527

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 $178	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