Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 35% Sail boat


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 44%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 01:11
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD FX-6100-$211 9,220 User benchmarks - Average bench 43% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	44% Average	SC Int 60.6 SC Float 60.6 SC Mixed 61.9 49% 61 Pts	QC Int 232 QC Float 210 QC Mixed 219 50% 220 Pts	MC Int 295 MC Float 251 MC Mixed 295 42% 280 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 19,109 User benchmarks - Average bench 62% Sapphire(174B E283) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 169 Reflection 156 Parallax 232 59% 186 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 157 Splatting 163 62% 148 fps
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$85 20,104 User benchmarks - Average bench 94% 58GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10815 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4712 (B1) Unknown 96 96 74 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 56 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29695778703	82.8% Excellent	Read 504 Write 386 Mixed 411 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 30.5 110% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 97.7 DQ Mixed 52.4 57% 96.2 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 115%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$78 12,273 User benchmarks - Average bench 89% 51GB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM !4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 138 138 34386936223 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8471 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4680 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8475 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8475 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 176095035426 (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 200 200 0	107% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 167 Mixed 157 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.23 82% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$108 14,390 User benchmarks - Average bench 89% 17GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 165 6450 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5780 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4508 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2985 (10) Unknown 9 191 166115068474 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5771 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 32 (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	97.6% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 126 Mixed 123 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.29 100% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 111%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 206 User benchmarks - Average bench 51% 3GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 115 Write 112 Mixed 105 141% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.28 70% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 10,323 User benchmarks - Average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	43.8% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 16 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 9.2 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 88.5 45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 52%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX - $190

CPU
FX-8350AMD $121Bench 56%, 68,743 samples	481x
FX-8150AMD $183Bench 51%, 5,027 samples	340x
FX-8120AMDBench 45%, 5,581 samples	224x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $350Bench 65%, 183,377 samples	165x
GTX 960Nvidia $200Bench 41%, 79,372 samples	90x
R9 280XAMD $210Bench 45%, 28,948 samples	72x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $90Bench 95%, 156,926 samples	112x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 97%, 88,874 samples	99x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $130Bench 80%, 44,085 samples	63x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 40%, 10,323 samples	978x
8GBUnknownBench 36%, 20,167 samples	595x
32GBUnknownBench 47%, 596 samples	117x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $751

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $300	Nvidia GTX 1070 $366	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $90
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $280	AMD RX 480 $265	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $117
Intel Core i5-7600K $220	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $275	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $150

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $718	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $77	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $57	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13