Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	45.1% 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	63.7% 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 (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '20 at 15:57
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	62%

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PC Performing way below expectations (14^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Memory 75.2 1-Core 60.9 2-Core 86.4 49% 74.2 Pts	4-Core 74.7 8-Core 89.9 11% 82.3 Pts	64-Core 85.3 5% 85.3 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.7.2 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.1% Average	Lighting 59.3 Reflection 62.2 Parallax 22.1 48% 47.9 fps	MRender 45.4 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 38.3 39% 48.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: M306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 262 263 236 205 221 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 396 Write 340 Mixed 289 SusWrite 240 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 21.5 73% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 218 169% 231 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 100%
WD WD3200BMVS-11F9S0 320GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 36GB free Firmware: 01.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 37 39 39 38 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 61.8 Write 61 Mixed 40 SusWrite 37.6 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-153.A00LF 4x2GB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.2% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 8.7 23% 8.1 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 5.2 16% 5.5 GB/s	Latency 90 44% 90 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 55%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 34%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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