Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120418
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 03 '20 at 07:41
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 132 61% 97.7 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 305 35% 273 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 59.6 55% 64.9 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 60.8 Splatting 55.8 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB 14,793 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 17GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 74 115 73 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 434 Write 262 Mixed 303 SusWrite 124 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 28.9 117% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 178 149% 215 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 93%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$25 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 107 80 98 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 108 Write 122 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 87.8 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 556GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 83 83 82 84 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 60.5 Write 55.3 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 82.6 44% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 57%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 27.5TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 24TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 28 29 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 30.3 Mixed 25 SusWrite 29.1 21% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1.4 278% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 102%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 288GB free Firmware: AX001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 99 98 99 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 93.7 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 97.4 58% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 57%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 454GB free Firmware: 0200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 27 Write 27.3 Mixed 25 SusWrite 8.7 16% 22 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 57%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$45 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 924GB free Firmware: 0200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 28.3 Write 28 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 8.7 16% 21.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 360GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 25 Write 24.2 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 14.3 29% 21.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 77% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	41.6% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.5 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 54%

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX Builds (Compare 426 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	120x
FX-8150AMD $770Bench 59%, 22,181 samples	76x
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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	227x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	91x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	38x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $527

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369