Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.9% 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	152% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '19 at 22:25
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 81.1 2-Core 160 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 484 48% 393 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% PNY(196E 1381) 2GB CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 1646 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 19 Parallax 20.4 19% 20.9 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 20.1 19% 23.6 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 520 502 499 534 536 537 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,223 Write 533 Mixed 602 SusWrite 521 159% 720 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 52.6 166% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 478 DQ Write 391 DQ Mixed 465 340% 445 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 333%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 28GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 71 71 74 74 73 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 112 Write 104 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 72.9 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3200827AS 200GB-$128 2,755 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 21GB free Firmware: 3.AHH SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 44 41 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 41.7 Write 36.5 Mixed 31 SusWrite 42.4 28% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 16.8 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 14.5 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	863x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	209x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	110x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	83x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	81x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	62x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	61x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	84x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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