Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	70.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 01:28
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 138 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 438 42% 349 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD256HCGM-000H7 256GB 5,922 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06H6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 344 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 166 (AA) Unknown 100 100 4576 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 42 (AE) Unknown 99 99 12 (B7) Unknown 99 99 213 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 31 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	70.1% Very good	Read 489 Write 261 Mixed 341 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 20.7 109% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 76.7 DQ Mixed 20.8 25% 42.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 108%
Toshiba MK2035GSS 200GB-$285 1,108 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 184GB free Firmware: DK020M Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 1096 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 446 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 38 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 513 (0A) Spinup retry count 108 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 258 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4311 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 214749347867 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 36 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 177 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 66 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 303 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	18.3% Very poor	Read 25.2 Write 38.4 Mixed 32.8 24% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.22 60% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 21%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 256GB 550 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 230GB free, PID a840 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 146 Write 44.7 Mixed 37.1 76% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.05 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.25 59% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 36%

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 (79^th percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 13 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.3% 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 $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 $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