Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 01:51
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 82.5 2-Core 166 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 507 50% 411 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.9% Average	Lighting 53.8 Reflection 52.3 Parallax 52.6 44% 52.9 fps	MRender 52.8 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 74.7 53% 63.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 548GB free Firmware: JKAO Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 99 (03) Spinup time 198 198 51559268783 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30533 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 289 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 420 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 420 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 261994381353 (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	64.1% Good	Read 106 Write 118 Mixed 86.3 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.33 83% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 68%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 430GB free Firmware: ST6O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 115 (03) Spinup time 192 192 38675611927 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2034 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 49210 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1729 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3231 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 227634446377 (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	48.3% Average	Read 80.7 Write 87.6 Mixed 86.9 64% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.46 103% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 233GB free (System drive) 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 179 174 2025 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 204 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 203 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 28 (C2) HDA temperature 107 102 36 (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	92.5% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 125 Mixed 122 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.29 112% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 109%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 106GB free Firmware: 03.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 36 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 847 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 26 26 54315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 845 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 693 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 847 (C2) HDA temperature 107 100 43 (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	57.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 93.4 Mixed 101 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.43 118% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.9% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 7.5 24% 8.37 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 62%

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 Builds (Compare 19 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	12x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	2x
FX-8150AMD $770Bench 59%, 22,181 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	2x
HD 7970AMD $435Bench 36%, 6,727 samples	1x
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	1x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x
840 Pro 128GBSamsung $150Bench 90%, 34,842 samples	1x
840 Series 500GBSamsungBench 72%, 7,390 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 367 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	1x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	1x

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Total price: $346

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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