Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.7% 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	94.3% 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 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '18 at 17:17
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 5.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 86.9 2-Core 156 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 561 51% 430 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 042A) 2GB CLim: 1140 MHz, MLim: 1310 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Lighting 40.2 Reflection 36.2 Parallax 52.9 33% 43.1 fps	MRender 31.3 Gravity 33.7 Splatting 41.5 30% 35.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 151 153 154 154 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 442 Mixed 382 SusWrite 181 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 51.4 171% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 236 178% 238 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 115%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$39 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001BSM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 96 96 98 98 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 95.2 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 97.6 64% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 103% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 58%

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 (36^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.7% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 16.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 62%

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,670 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	863x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	208x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	110x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	83x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	81x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	62x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	61x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	84x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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) $35	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