Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.4% 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	92.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '18 at 04:58
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 5 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 85.5 2-Core 123 64% 100 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 515 51% 414 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.5% 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: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1280 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.8.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 37.2 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 48.9 30% 39.9 fps	MRender 29.3 Gravity 31 Splatting 38.8 28% 33 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 140 151 153 153 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 443 Mixed 397 SusWrite 181 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 50.1 165% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 233 175% 234 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 115%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1TB free Firmware: 0001BSM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 91 91 91 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 81.2 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 90 58% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 50.9% 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 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 12.9 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 62%

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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 R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,672 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	209x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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