Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	20.1% 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	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '16 at 01:07
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 77.8 1-Core 69.5 2-Core 132 57% 93.3 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 371 36% 296 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gainward(10B0 11C0) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Lighting 23.8 Reflection 21.6 Parallax 31.5 19% 25.6 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 27.4 Splatting 22.6 22% 26.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2404 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 351 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81132368 (AE) Unknown 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 111 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5672 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5729 (F9) Unknown 100 100 357948792	69.7% Good	Read 434 Write 417 Mixed 417 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 12.5 72% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 14.1 42% 91.4 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 165GB-$46 4,039 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 147GB free Firmware: P22OAB3A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 167 167 169 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12895125661 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3161 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4568 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1899 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3228 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 236223987741 (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 200 253 0	39.5% Below average	Read 70.9 Write 66.4 Mixed 65.6 51% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.38 99% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 39%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 94GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 162 160 4858 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3357 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11998 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2540 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 441 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3354 (C2) HDA temperature 107 91 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47% Average	Read 94.6 Write 69 Mixed 81.8 62% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS541680J9SA00 80GB-$76 1,745 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 74GB free Firmware: SB2OC70P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 178 178 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5080 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 10802 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 4202 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 314 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 95526 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 274878431265 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	24.8% Poor	Read 42.4 Write 43.7 Mixed 42.2 32% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.9% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 13.6 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10.4 24% 8.4 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 34%

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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	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 $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 $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) $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