Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.1% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130409
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '19 at 01:47
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (60^th 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% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 146 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 440 44% 357 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.2% 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: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.1% Below average	Lighting 49.6 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 61.3 40% 47.9 fps	MRender 31.3 Gravity 50.6 Splatting 40.6 34% 40.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 324 362 318 252 249 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 324 Mixed 427 SusWrite 306 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 53.2 173% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 93.5 DQ Mixed 147 119% 175 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 128%
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 7,201 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 230GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 203 205 205 204 202 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 367 Write 325 Mixed 281 SusWrite 208 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 42.2 145% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 202 164% 234 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 107%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 64GB 423 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 22GB free, PID 00ff Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 4.8 6.4 9.6 9.6 9.6 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 22.3 Write 18.4 SusWrite 7.4 19% 16 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.8% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 12.1 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 62%

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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 R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,678 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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	866x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	209x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	111x
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 $76Bench 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	29x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16