Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.4% 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	36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120312
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '22 at 18:43
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 68.6 2-Core 118 59% 92.3 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 391 37% 307 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PNY(196E 1138) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.4% Below average	Lighting 41.3 Reflection 43.4 Parallax 39.1 34% 41.3 fps	MRender 36.8 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 34 30% 36.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SQ500S37480G 480GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 163 357 352 222 24 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.7% Below average	Read 251 Write 72.7 Mixed 46 SusWrite 190 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 13.6 4K Mixed 8.3 49% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 12.7 DQ Mixed 7.5 9% 15.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 84%
OCZ AGILITY3 90GB 1,142 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 65GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 67 78 78 76 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 155 Write 96 Mixed 117 SusWrite 75.4 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 25.4 103% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 90.4 DQ Mixed 102 80% 113 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 55%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 74 65 53 40 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 86.5 Write 70.4 Mixed 57.6 SusWrite 56 50% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 10TB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 6.5TB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 28 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	Read 29.8 Write 28.5 Mixed 25.4 SusWrite 28.7 38% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 2 234% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.6 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 11.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 51%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $79Bench 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	38x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16