Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	59.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '19 at 20:55
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 63.1 2-Core 109 56% 87.1 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 273 29% 233 Pts	64-Core 267 16% 267 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Asus(1043 04E9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Lighting 73.7 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 98.3 60% 78.8 fps	MRender 64.1 Gravity 66.6 Splatting 82.5 59% 71.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 358 Write 316 Mixed 262 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 39.3 132% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 140 127% 195 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 11GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 122 125 127 85 5.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 123 Write 96 Mixed 73 SusWrite 94.9 71% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 114%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 2TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 48GB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 246 247 242 250 253 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 350 Write 325 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 247 185% 255 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.5 291% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 195%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	47.6% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.5 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 54%

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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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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX Builds (Compare 422 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

Raft

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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