Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 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 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	88.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '19 at 21:30
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 138 59% 97.5 Pts	4-Core 253 8-Core 358 38% 306 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700XT 50th Anniversary 4,475 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.2 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 107 Parallax 229 79% 144 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 126 Splatting 152 108% 129 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 103%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 512GB 29,096 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 539 430 471 503 464 451 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 968 Write 664 Mixed 325 SusWrite 476 135% 608 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 31.9 120% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 299 226% 306 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 291%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 353GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 204 257 298 303 380 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 332 Mixed 442 SusWrite 284 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 45.4 150% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 20.8 80% 178 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 493GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 289 238 324 331 283 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 248 Mixed 446 SusWrite 285 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 45.7 149% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 77.5 DQ Mixed 28.3 60% 128 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 14.3 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.3 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 87%

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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 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	863x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	208x
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 $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