Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	58.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '17 at 06:32
Run Duration	316 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 69.6 2-Core 128 61% 96.7 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 412 39% 325 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Lighting 72.8 Reflection 61.4 Parallax 88.6 59% 74.3 fps	MRender 60.8 Gravity 60.8 Splatting 79.1 56% 66.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 8GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 30285 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1243 (B1) Unknown 83 83 607 (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 65 47 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 420 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14921389751
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
WD WD8000AARS-00Y5B1 800GB 1,154 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 673GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 127 119 6650 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15859 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44752 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11093 (C0) Power-off retract count 187 187 9830 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1081120 (C2) HDA temperature 107 100 40 (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	45% Average	Read 87.3 Write 69.7 Mixed 79 59% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.09 41% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 57%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 579GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 327682 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 100 (03) Spinup time 126 126 51581485565 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8430 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 116 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 52083 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2721 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9475 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9475 (C2) HDA temperature 127 127 244813856815 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 116 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 19 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9706	57.5% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 105 Mixed 75.7 69% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.33 75% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 69%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: AM002C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^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 1388 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 842 (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 55 55 18135 (0A) Spinup retry count 116 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 795 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 51 562 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 655753251 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4390979 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 277828 (C2) HDA temperature 65 49 655753251 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	49.2% Average	Read 78.2 Write 93.1 Mixed 72.2 61% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.15 55% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 60%
Samsung HM500LI 500GB 335 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 258GB free Firmware: 2TF00_02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 252 252 3250 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 167825 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 24186 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1880 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 190 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 571 (C2) HDA temperature 106 73 236223791148 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1388386 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 10320 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 12348 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 252 252 0 (C8) Write error rate 252 252 0
Poor: 16% Great: 38%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 142GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8808 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1764 (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 62 62 15492 (0A) Spinup retry count 135 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 454 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 222 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4418 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 249108824112 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 68 68 12847 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 203 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 57% Great: 110%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 160GB-$34 2,739 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 83GB free Firmware: GMBOA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 111 111 12897222837 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7010 (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 92 92 60165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2166 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9367 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9367 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 236223660069 (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 86	42.1% Average	Read 71.5 Write 74.9 Mixed 72.5 55% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.38 100% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.4% Above average	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 18.3 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.8 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 121%

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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 $175Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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