Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results

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


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '19 at 10:05
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.65 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 83.2 2-Core 164 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 484 50% 400 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.8 87% 106 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 484 Write 441 Mixed 349 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 38.7 139% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 175 154% 231 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 95%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$137 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP1R Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 155 Write 157 Mixed 78.3 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 497% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 104%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 82.3 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 100%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 676GB free Firmware: 100. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 108 Write 114 Mixed 62.3 70% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 202GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 121 Write 122 Mixed 95.8 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 452GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 94.2 Write 97.7 Mixed 85 69% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 224GB free Firmware: 080. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 85 Write 86.3 Mixed 48.2 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 84%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 342GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 86.6 74% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 86%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 199GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 27.8 Mixed 24 SusWrite 16.6 32% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 44%
WD Ext HDD 1021 750GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 146GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 22.5 Mixed 22 SusWrite 16 29% 22.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 17.5 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.8 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 54%

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Desktop 68%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	226x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	90x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	38x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $527

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16