Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (49%). 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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '18 at 03:44
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 X6 1100T-$340 12,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 56.8 2-Core 113 57% 87.7 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 340 35% 283 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 104 88% 108 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 101 Splatting 92.4 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 909GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 419 425 445 444 451 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 458 Mixed 449 SusWrite 432 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 53.5 181% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 54.4 DQ Mixed 12.1 48% 114 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 895GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 171 174 177 176 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 167 Mixed 103 SusWrite 174 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 234% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
Rsh-319 ASM1153E 1TB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 869GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 26.9 Write 26.3 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 17.1 18% 24 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 106%
SanDisk Extreme Go USB 3.1 64GB-$23 2,139 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 58GB free, PID 558b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 27.4 Write 19.1 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 11.9 25% 19.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.6 136% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.3% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 13.1 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 11 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 54%

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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 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