Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.7% 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	68.6% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '18 at 06:28
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 75.7 2-Core 122 59% 93.9 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 450 43% 355 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.1 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 90.4 Reflection 89.2 Parallax 156 74% 112 fps	MRender 88.5 Gravity 132 Splatting 129 97% 117 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 164 139 124 107 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 354 Write 186 Mixed 59 SusWrite 134 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 34.5 119% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 154 130% 189 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 89%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 235GB free Firmware: MU04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 169 187 204 219 204 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 330 Write 315 Mixed 261 SusWrite 189 62% 274 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 35.2 123% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 151 133% 199 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 105%
Seagate ST380013AS 80GB-$75 2,837 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 46GB free Firmware: 8.12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 14.8 Mixed 38 SusWrite 56.7 31% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 437 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.6% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 71%

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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 1,674 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	864x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	209x
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 $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16