Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '16 at 19:38
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 83.4 1-Core 44.2 2-Core 108 50% 78.7 Pts	4-Core 154 8-Core 165 21% 159 Pts	64-Core 222 14% 222 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 76 Parallax 66 62% 72.7 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 70.9 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5008295 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 81415400075691 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2008 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 306 (B1) Unknown 0 0 12 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BD) vendor-specific 33 43 64427327521 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 64427327521 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5008295 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5008295 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5008295 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25346 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7297 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7297 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5460	59.5% Above average	Read 494 Write 116 Mixed 159 55% 256 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 12.6 89% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 28.5 57% 117 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 247GB free Firmware: 0006 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 95 184339516 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5299 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 148065602 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5048 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 35 35 65 (BC) Unknown 100 99 13 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 555286561 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 3285 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 242727 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 25769803809 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 45 184339516 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	34.5% Below average	Read 61.9 Write 58.2 Mixed 51.5 43% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.32 69% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 43%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 245GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 782 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 771 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 71813 (C2) HDA temperature 112 100 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	98.2% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 136 Mixed 139 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.25 97% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 85%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 158GB free Firmware: 1AG0 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 65.8 Write 64.1 Mixed 87.1 55% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.34 81% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB-$43 15,932 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 121GB free Firmware: CC46 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 87.6 Write 88.1 Mixed 82.5 65% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.58 124% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 58%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 4GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 150 127 1483 (04) Start/Stop count 61 61 39705 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11997 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8048 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 5618 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 435 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 2 2 594211 (C2) HDA temperature 111 77 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	30.7% Below average	Read 49.3 Write 57.3 Mixed 50 39% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.24 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D169DS1J.8FE 2x4GB 805 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.6% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 61%

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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