Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	89.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '18 at 22:01
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 81.9 1-Core 45.6 2-Core 94.1 48% 73.9 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 250 25% 202 Pts	64-Core 255 16% 255 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 91.9 Reflection 142 Parallax 196 75% 143 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 182 Splatting 129 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 133%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102HD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 237 Write 85.5 Mixed 116 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 11.3 70% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 82.4 DQ Mixed 77.1 66% 99.5 MB/s
Poor: 18% Great: 44%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 140GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 79 Write 70.2 Mixed 64 53% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 32% Great: 65%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 155GB free Firmware: 3.AFM Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 72.7 Write 76.5 Mixed 49 49% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 215GB free Firmware: CC1H Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 1,611 Write 36.5 Mixed 53.5 407% 567 MB/s	4K Read 329 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.5 13,912% 111 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 32GB 5,781 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.3% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 11.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 7.3 18% 6.33 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX Builds (Compare 422 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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