Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.2% 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	78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 08:51
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 134 62% 98.3 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 417 39% 323 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.2% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 108 Parallax 96.5 82% 102 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 79 71% 88.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 188 184 185 176 177 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 359 Write 319 Mixed 290 SusWrite 187 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 38.5 136% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 245 184% 246 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 281GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 86 88 85 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 111 Write 115 Mixed 101 SusWrite 86.5 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 200% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 85%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power4G 4GB 615 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 7.1 6.7 6.6 6.7 7.2 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	3.88% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 2.2 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 6.7 8% 6.23 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.88% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 3,851 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.9 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 78%

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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 1,670 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	208x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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