Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	132% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '20 at 23:19
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 53.9 2-Core 142 60% 96.6 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 399 41% 329 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3775) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 68.5 65% 75.4 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 73.9 60% 73.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 519 790 673 460 204 193 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 903 Write 651 Mixed 517 SusWrite 473 142% 636 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 45.2 153% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 504 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 463 339% 446 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 219%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 59GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 136 133 142 135 136 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 89%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 153 162 162 163 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 126 Mixed 25.4 SusWrite 160 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.7 323% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 110%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 248GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 55 54 56 55 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 59.9 Write 58.1 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 54.5 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 32GB 5,781 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13.6 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 101%

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX Builds (Compare 422 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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