Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 54.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.31% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	73.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 00:53
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 B65 226 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	54.4% Above average	Memory 85.4 1-Core 49.9 2-Core 98.9 51% 78.1 Pts	4-Core 139 8-Core 142 19% 141 Pts	64-Core 143 9% 143 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5670 18,196 User benchmarks, average bench 6% XFX(1682 3066) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	5.31% Terrible	Lighting 6.87 Reflection 7.38 Parallax 6.03 6% 6.76 fps	MRender 5.76 Gravity 5.23 Splatting 6.22 5% 5.74 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17687 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2136 (B1) Unknown 96 96 41 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 60 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11763649127	73.9% Very good	Read 497 Write 280 Mixed 295 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 20.7 104% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 94.8 DQ Mixed 54.4 63% 111 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 108%
Seagate ST932042 1AS 320GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 253GB free Firmware: SD14 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 118 85 183163149 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 18267 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42781890 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21576 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 95 37 5910 (B8) Unknown 60 60 40 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 17679 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 36 1237455470621 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 617 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 221931 (C2) HDA temperature 29 64 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 49 183163149 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	48.8% Average	Read 85 Write 85.2 Mixed 77.8 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.35 75% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 49%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 85GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18595 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1998 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18567 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	60.3% Good	Read 110 Write 99.4 Mixed 93.6 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.35 136% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 108%
Seagate ST9160821AS 160GB-$60 3,340 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 16GB free Firmware: 3.AL Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8477 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 13078364008 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5821 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 68 68 32 (BE) vendor-specific 72 27 31096034689052 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 7467 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1100533 (C2) HDA temperature 28 73 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 56 197576030 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	20.2% Poor	Read 36 Write 34.3 Mixed 34.4 26% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.13 37% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 12.1 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8.9 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 51%

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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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	226x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	90x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	38x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16