Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.95% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.3% 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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '20 at 17:47
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 136 60% 97.7 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 389 40% 320 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 580 5,936 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Nvidia(10DE 063A) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.95% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 3.65 Parallax 0.72 2% 2.12 fps	MRender 4.71 Gravity 1.43 Splatting 3.3 3% 3.15 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.95% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: ME0T SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 57 54 51 52 53 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.3% Below average	Read 144 Write 114 Mixed 124 SusWrite 53.4 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 22.2 4K Mixed 23.9 81% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 58.1 DQ Mixed 40.7 32% 44.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 115%
Intel X25-M 40GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 30GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 41 37 40 41 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 177 Write 42.2 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 40.6 18% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 10.5 60% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 43.3 DQ Mixed 64.7 54% 80.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 36%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$32 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 113GB free Firmware: 100. SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 58 54 54 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 72.2 Write 72 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 56.9 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.3% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 8.4 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 7.8 21% 7.2 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 67%

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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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	226x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	90x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	38x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $523

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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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