Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.5% 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	67.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 21 '19 at 04:04
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	77%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Memory 69.8 1-Core 39.9 2-Core 98.6 44% 69.4 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 256 26% 214 Pts	64-Core 294 18% 294 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 04B0) CLim: 1230 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.2.1 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.5% Below average	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 51.4 Parallax 50.4 30% 46.3 fps	MRender 29.9 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 43.5 31% 37.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 342 361 325 333 336 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 298 Write 281 Mixed 260 SusWrite 334 66% 293 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 21.6 78% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 175 151% 222 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 536GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 146 144 143 148 142 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 144 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 144 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 516GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 104 105 102 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 100 Write 104 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 103 70% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 84%

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 expectations (29^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 12.7 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.9% 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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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