Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '18 at 08:57
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	67% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 147 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 435 43% 351 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6797) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 3210 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 184 Parallax 169 129% 170 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 181 Splatting 126 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 240GB-$499 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 169 152 170 155 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 422 Write 254 Mixed 280 SusWrite 164 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 34.2 123% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 160 141% 213 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 92%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 52GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 322 181 181 174 174 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 434 Mixed 354 SusWrite 234 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 50.2 162% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 260 191% 250 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 296GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 383 397 401 412 421 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 439 Mixed 352 SusWrite 397 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 50.8 168% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 257 193% 258 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%

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 as expected (44^th percentile)	43.4% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.4% 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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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