Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.9% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130117
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 19:30
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.75 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 82 2-Core 146 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 495 47% 391 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% MSI(1462 2730) 2GB CLim: 979 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Lighting 28 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 23.4 23% 26.4 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 25.6 Splatting 40.7 27% 32.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12518 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1290 (B1) Unknown 95 95 96 (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 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 698 (EB) Unknown 99 99 53 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17280199033	93.9% Outstanding	Read 538 Write 425 Mixed 443 104% 469 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 30.2 132% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 22.7 52% 109 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 507GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 133 (03) Spinup time 174 168 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4812 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3656 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 422 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4391 (C2) HDA temperature 119 93 28 (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	78.9% Very good	Read 153 Write 122 Mixed 110 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.39 109% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.9% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 17.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 15 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.9% 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%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 31%

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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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $346

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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