Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.9% 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	73.2% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '16 at 22:33
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th 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% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 70.8 2-Core 127 58% 93.6 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 380 37% 306 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.9% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 109 Parallax 108 78% 104 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 97.4 80% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM 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 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 6614 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 806 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 634 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5898411 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C2) HDA temperature 58 53 201864642602 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19743 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10470 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8727 (F4) Unknown 100 100 90 (F5) Unknown 100 100 171 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6151232	73.2% Very good	Read 494 Write 387 Mixed 490 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 13.5 76% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 14.1 52% 117 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 111%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 633GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 171 169 6416 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4294 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 194 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2631 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 117717 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 34 (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 10	53.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 83.9 Mixed 87.3 69% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.11 68% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 67%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 93GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 69.7 Write 61.2 Mixed 70 86% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.7% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.9 25% 8.63 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 8.6 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 54%

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Gaming 36%

Jet ski

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 $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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