Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD, HDD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	98.2% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 2 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '19 at 02:45
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
AMD FX-8350-$130 247,167 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	47.6% Average	1-Core 70.4 2-Core 146 51% 108 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 487 46% 374 Pts	64-Core 471 32% 471 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$370 36,258 User benchmarks, average bench 96% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 245 Reflection 231 Parallax 567 64% 348 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 388 Splatting 295 100% 290 fps
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 107%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$300 6,537 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 414 140 412 433 155 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 6,331 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID 1140 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 43 28 39 56 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 69 Write 68.8 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 37.2 76% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 91% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 6,516 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 9 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 9.2 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 - $190

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 49%, 247,167 samples	7,746x
FX-9590AMD $190Bench 53%, 16,446 samples	1,579x
FX-8320AMD $163Bench 44%, 91,262 samples	1,496x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 52%, 512,504 samples	1,299x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 752,541 samples	971x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 677,712 samples	734x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 507,744 samples	824x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $97Bench 111%, 442,547 samples	690x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $70Bench 55%, 209,618 samples	401x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 57,543 samples	672x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 50,130 samples	254x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 23,060 samples	252x

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Value: 36% - Below average

Total price: $774

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24