Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	66.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.4% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '21 at 16:07
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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)	58.3% Above average	Memory 74.7 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 118 55% 88.7 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 357 36% 292 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1563 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Lighting 83.4 Reflection 92.7 Parallax 81.9 68% 86 fps	MRender 84.2 Gravity 81 Splatting 72.3 64% 79.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 155 127 165 135 191 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.4% Average	Read 242 Write 122 Mixed 167 SusWrite 155 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 20.5 70% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 130 114% 169 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 99%
Gigabyte GP-GSTFS31120GN 120GB 187 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 112GB free Firmware: SBFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 249 87 85 88 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 442 Write 345 Mixed 333 SusWrite 150 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 25.6 94% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 184 153% 221 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 83%
WDC WDS500G2B0C 500GB 3,120 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 466GB free Firmware: 211210WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 722 330 424 427 429 430 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1172 Write 1,143 Mixed 1,074 SusWrite 461 216% 962 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 60.8 205% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 554 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 391 315% 447 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 238%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 487GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 102 102 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 96.8 Mixed 59.6 SusWrite 98.1 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C11-4GAO F3-2133C11-4GAO F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.2% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11.5 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 91 44% 91 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 48%

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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 R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,678 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	866x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	209x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	111x
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 $76Bench 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	29x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16