Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.56% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120312
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '20 at 20:10
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 74.1 1-Core 53.2 2-Core 105 49% 77.6 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 212 28% 210 Pts	64-Core 208 13% 208 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% PNY(196E 0F02) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 267 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.56% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 5.19 Parallax 1.22 4% 3.64 fps	MRender 4.71 Gravity 4.53 Splatting 3.35 3% 4.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.56% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 25 31 35 31 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 395 Write 321 Mixed 194 SusWrite 26.1 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 33.7 113% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 64.6 DQ Mixed 40.6 33% 44.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 101%
AMD 2X2 Mirror/RAID1 8TB 875GB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 183 173 184 188 186 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	104% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 182 Mixed 57 SusWrite 184 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1 231% 2.03 MB/s

WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 394GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 33 33 38 33 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 19.5 Write 26.7 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 29.5 16% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 22% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 60%
WD easystore 25FB 12TB 1,422 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 30.7 Write 28.1 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 27.8 38% 28 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 2.1 188% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 103%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 97GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 22 23 23 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 27.1 Write 23.8 Mixed 23.8 SusWrite 23 33% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.2 142% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 32GB 5,781 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30% Poor	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 11.6 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 7.3 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 92.2 43% 92.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 101%

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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 $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