Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 57.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	76.4% 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	55% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 15:25
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Memory 75 1-Core 64.3 2-Core 124 54% 87.9 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 334 34% 276 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.4% Very good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 102 Parallax 87.7 80% 95.8 fps	MRender 87.6 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 78.9 70% 86.6 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 352GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3725 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 130 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214748889124 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13867854263 (F7) Unknown 100 100 434095947 (F8) Unknown 100 100 133808160 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3538 (D2) Unknown 100 100 4	45.6% Average	Read 323 Write 215 Mixed 217 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 9.8 54% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 61.8 DQ Mixed 16.3 30% 61.3 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 104%
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3836 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 964 (A5) Unknown 100 100 644328522857 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 73 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 16 (AE) Unknown 100 100 470 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 50 214749347881 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5656523572517 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1799 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5880 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4078 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5258 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55% Above average	Read 379 Write 218 Mixed 162 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 32.9 4K Mixed 16.6 75% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 66.9 DQ Mixed 38.9 43% 73.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 93%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 85 78 75230944 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2017 (05) Reallocated sector count 77 77 28672 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3851029 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1526 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3002 (BC) Unknown 100 94 38657982521 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 605159459 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 998 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4678 (C2) HDA temperature 35 46 30064771107 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 36424 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 36424 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -125529009154896 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4476884508 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4447267728	89.1% Excellent	Read 169 Write 141 Mixed 130 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 5.43 4K Mixed 0.63 197% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 108%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 181 0 (03) Spinup time 211 210 4433 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1684 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 230 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 230 (C2) HDA temperature 120 115 30 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 66 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 66 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48% Average	Read 79.9 Write 87.2 Mixed 80.8 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.34 99% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	25% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8 25% 8.63 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 4.7 14% 4.77 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 72%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

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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	208x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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