Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 62.4%, 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	29.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '19 at 12:29
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	16%

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-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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 77.6 1-Core 69.1 2-Core 135 57% 93.9 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 426 42% 341 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4999) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 112 Parallax 99.9 86% 106 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 82.3 74% 91.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 271GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 298 194 217 282 193 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29.3% Poor	Read 81.7 Write 88.5 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 227 27% 119 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 9.2 38% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 11.1 DQ Write 15.5 DQ Mixed 13.1 10% 13.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 102%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 158 158 156 158 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 119 Write 103 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 157 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.2 387% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 94%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 1,055 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 390GB free, PID ab24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 111 112 115 113 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 109 Write 79.7 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 113 121% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 13.3 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.2 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 63%

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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 R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,672 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	863x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	209x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $80Bench 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 $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 $178	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