Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	66.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 18:22
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 75.4 1-Core 62.8 2-Core 122 53% 86.6 Pts	4-Core 203 8-Core 324 32% 264 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.9% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 102 Parallax 91.6 63% 90.3 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 82.6 Splatting 92.3 74% 90 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CHN 25SATA02M 256 256GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126K SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 179 149 160 237 215 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 327 Write 236 Mixed 224 SusWrite 192 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 25.4 84% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 82.7 DQ Mixed 34 32% 47.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 99%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 10GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 43 45 45 45 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 42.2 Write 26.3 Mixed 35 SusWrite 44.4 28% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 61%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 65GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 137 136 139 136 134 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 125 Write 105 Mixed 68 SusWrite 137 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 96%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 1320 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.3 1.6 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	3.24% Terrible	Read 8.8 Write 3.5 Mixed 2 SusWrite 3.7 5% 4.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.24% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 32GB 5,781 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 9.5 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 7.9 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 89.5 45% 89.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 101%

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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%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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