Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	72.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	0.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '20 at 03:48
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (47^th 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 (83^rd percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 142 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 407 40% 326 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 445.75 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.3% Very good	Lighting 87.9 Reflection 111 Parallax 90.2 72% 96.3 fps	MRender 85.5 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 87 74% 90 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 123 132 141 138 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 434 Write 392 Mixed 336 SusWrite 132 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 39.5 128% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 229 172% 229 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 124%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 129 139 144 142 142 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 153 Write 146 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 136 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 101%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 123 128 126 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 152 Write 135 Mixed 82 SusWrite 122 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 114 121 122 121 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 129 Write 127 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 118 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 190GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 85 84 86 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 82.5 Write 82.5 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 84.7 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 9,885 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.3% Below average	MC Read 10 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 9 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 9.7 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 69%

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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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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,670 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	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