Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.9% 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	66.5% 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.

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

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '17 at 22:26
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 77.6 2-Core 156 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 295 8-Core 477 47% 386 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2122 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 119 Parallax 114 91% 115 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 105 Splatting 106 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^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 1014 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 52 206158757927 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4346153540 (F7) Unknown 100 100 136593184 (F8) Unknown 100 100 53696101 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1259 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	66.5% Good	Read 446 Write 318 Mixed 317 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 20.1 78% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 92.5 DQ Mixed 38.4 52% 95.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 95%
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 51GB free Firmware: 4PC10302 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 33300 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2202 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 180 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 403766 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 17495233 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 3486648313 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 403766 (F2) Unknown 100 100 307605	38% Below average	Read 256 Write 90.3 Mixed 123 34% 157 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 13.6 59% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 56.3 DQ Mixed 29.7 41% 77.5 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 45%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19104528 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4559 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37568487 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17021 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1855 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 65544 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 58 50 13590069290 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 23 23 155512 (C2) HDA temperature 42 50 -140737488355286 (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 67022964659839 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12903082116 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27977362687	87.1% Excellent	Read 159 Write 145 Mixed 139 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 113%
Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 500GB 1,370 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 422GB free, PID 3000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 34.1 Write 34.1 Mixed 18.5 36% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.26 68% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 18.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 15 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 54%

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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 $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 $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) $33	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