Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.9% 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	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 08:43
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 64.3 2-Core 126 58% 93 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 275 31% 244 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 35.2 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 42.5 29% 36.4 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 29.2 Splatting 36.7 26% 31.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 240GB-$160 1,284 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 167 165 161 170 174 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 365 Write 220 Mixed 277 SusWrite 171 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 36.3 126% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 254 188% 250 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 91%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 21GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 216 195 107 80 68 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 430 Write 297 Mixed 284 SusWrite 155 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 36.7 129% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 147 140% 219 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 91%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 142GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 80 80 81 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 72.8 Write 72.8 Mixed 46.9 SusWrite 80.5 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.7% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.7% 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