Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 03:06
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.85 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 85.7 2-Core 172 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 523 54% 432 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3793) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2300 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 86.3 Parallax 77.5 78% 86.6 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 80 Splatting 76.3 65% 79.6 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G1CS1754D117-551 120GB 2,096 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 248 289 289 178 287 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 397 Write 292 Mixed 266 SusWrite 241 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 34.5 120% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 166 143% 212 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 418GB free Firmware: HP33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 174 180 179 179 181 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 141 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 171 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 299GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 147 147 149 150 149 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 159 Write 108 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 146 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 338GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 143 143 142 145 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 153 Mixed 109 SusWrite 141 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 754GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 162 167 166 168 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 136 Mixed 109 SusWrite 162 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 222GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 81 82 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 88.7 Write 68.4 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 81.3 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 838 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.9% Above average	MC Read 23 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 19.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 14.3 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 103%

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Desktop 69%

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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	209x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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