Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160718
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '19 at 09:47
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 79.6 2-Core 153 63% 105 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 454 45% 368 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 63.4 Parallax 86.8 62% 75.6 fps	MRender 64.1 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 79.7 58% 69 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 309 Write 216 Mixed 226 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 6.8 80% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 74.6 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 153 103% 122 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 162 163 166 166 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 159 Mixed 105 SusWrite 164 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.5% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 88%

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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 R3.0 Builds (Compare 95 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 52%

Yacht

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	37x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	22x
FX-8370AMD $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	9x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	7x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
CS900 240GBPNY $20Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	3x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 55%, 6,948 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $489

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $173	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16