Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '20 at 03:02
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 53.5 2-Core 158 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 435 44% 360 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507K SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 115 107 112 112 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 358 Write 208 Mixed 196 SusWrite 116 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 38.2 139% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 149 126% 183 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 73%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 55GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 46 45 46 46 46 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 43.5 Write 43.2 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 45.6 31% 41.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 32%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 100GB free Firmware: 15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 108 108 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 108 71% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair VS2GB1333D4 2x2GB 889 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	47.2% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 12.9 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 51%

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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%

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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