Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	47.6% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56% Above average	Memory 75.9 1-Core 60.6 2-Core 113 52% 83.2 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 216 28% 213 Pts	64-Core 251 16% 251 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E283) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	47.6% Average	Lighting 56.4 Reflection 60 Parallax 72.5 46% 63 fps	MRender 59.6 Gravity 52.2 Splatting 70.8 51% 60.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th 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: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 115%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 51GB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th 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: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 17GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th 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: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 1,113 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th 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: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 75%

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 above expectations (73^rd 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: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 54%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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