Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96.4% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0 (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160718
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 04:13
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 72.8 2-Core 138 58% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 390 40% 320 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 68%

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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.4% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 140 Parallax 122 99% 128 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 124 Splatting 102 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 1,074 Write 381 Mixed 577 148% 677 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 26.3 101% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 67.3 66% 105 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 144%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 54GB free Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10709 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 648 (B1) Unknown 98 98 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 939 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8752391820	74.1% Very good	Read 492 Write 321 Mixed 343 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 20.8 100% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 58.3 60% 96.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 213364016 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5274 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 91621791 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1390 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 59 655884324 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40509 (C2) HDA temperature 36 41 73014444068 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -139307264237769 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47270194414212 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -47453423189450	88.5% Excellent	Read 159 Write 149 Mixed 154 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.39 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 167341816 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4448 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6094866 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 740 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 63 588578848 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 63581 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 55834574880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 9431748188148 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9813783500 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12193044114	67.6% Good	Read 114 Write 122 Mixed 103 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.16 70% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 4x8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.9% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 15.7 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 11.3 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 62%

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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 R3.0 Builds (Compare 95 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 52%

Yacht

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	37x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	22x
FX-8370AMD $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	9x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	7x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
CS900 240GBPNY $22Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	3x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 55%, 6,948 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $371

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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