Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	97.3% 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	55.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120312
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '16 at 15:07
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	33%

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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-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 75.2 2-Core 144 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 443 42% 347 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 66%

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 Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 148 Parallax 130 96% 132 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 141 Splatting 111 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 284GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2166 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 962 (A5) Unknown 100 100 51563790637 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 19 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 53 227634380829 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1284213309739 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2836 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6006 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4514 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6096 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.6% Above average	Read 427 Write 292 Mixed 278 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 9.39 67% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 41.9 DQ Mixed 9.23 14% 25.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 108%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 69GB free Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 58 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 914 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 27 (A3) Unknown 100 100 333 (94) Unknown 100 100 22960 (95) Unknown 100 100 349 (96) Unknown 100 100 201 (97) Unknown 100 100 323 (A4) Unknown 100 100 11036 (A5) Unknown 100 100 16 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41945273925662 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 24126 (F2) Unknown 100 100 71785 (F5) Unknown 100 100 65181 (F6) Unknown 100 100 45920 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	64.3% Good	Read 474 Write 237 Mixed 263 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 19.8 84% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 84.5 DQ Mixed 36 50% 93.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 91%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 35GB free Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19001 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5929 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 258 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 8955073070130 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 112 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 32 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	57.4% Above average	Read 492 Write 194 Mixed 282 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 4.92 70% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 7.55 44% 101 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 428GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 272 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7850 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 45 39 4561288141575 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26718 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5944 (B7) Unknown 1 1 678 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 83 8590065761 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 46 488046621 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8802 (C2) HDA temperature 29 54 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 8 272 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 184 10967 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 115517440406486 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1823806816 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1424284509	47.3% Average	Read 85.5 Write 79.4 Mixed 72.3 59% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.48 86% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	43.8% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 11.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.8% 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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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