Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130409
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '19 at 13:39
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 68.6 2-Core 114 57% 89.6 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 397 36% 303 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SC152S37128GG2 128GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 179 184 184 179 183 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 346 Write 186 Mixed 202 SusWrite 182 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 26.9 104% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 115 114% 185 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 87%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 93 93 95 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 82.8 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 92.4 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 61%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 31 31 31 32 31 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 106 Write 31.2 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 31 38% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 90% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 60%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 723GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 85 87 88 86 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 40.5 Write 42.7 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 86.4 37% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.4% Poor	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 7.4 27% 9.43 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 55%

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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 $121Bench 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 $269	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 $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 $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