Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	37.3% 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	34.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120312
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '19 at 22:20
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 76 1-Core 75.2 2-Core 94.1 53% 81.8 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 377 35% 294 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.10.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Lighting 48.3 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 60.3 39% 46.9 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 49.8 Splatting 40.3 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 57 49 46 33 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.6% Below average	Read 106 Write 47.2 Mixed 63 SusWrite 44.4 14% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 15.6 71% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 37.7 DQ Mixed 45.3 59% 112 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 85%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2GB free Firmware: M0C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 300 Write 379 Mixed 352 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 34.4 121% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 259 193% 256 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 21GB free Firmware: 150. SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 54 51 50 57 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 57.3 Write 55 Mixed 34 SusWrite 53.5 37% 50 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 65GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 54 52 51 57 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 50 Write 41.3 Mixed 37 SusWrite 53.9 34% 45.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 59% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	25.3% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.67 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 4.9 14% 4.9 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 51%

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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 36%

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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 $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