Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '17 at 21:34
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 82.2 2-Core 165 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 512 52% 421 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55.1% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 53.7 Parallax 67.8 54% 62.4 fps	MRender 58.1 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 74.5 58% 69.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 374 Write 210 Mixed 271 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 15.2 92% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 14.7 53% 117 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 104%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 70GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 128 Write 39.3 Mixed 50.5 76% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.56 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.46 65% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 2,515 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.6 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.2 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,672 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	863x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	209x
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 $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