Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '20 at 23:13
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 76.2 2-Core 150 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 456 45% 368 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 106 Parallax 109 93% 110 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 78.5 80% 101 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 357 Write 315 Mixed 256 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 40.1 135% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 143 132% 204 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 80GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 273 274 261 293 288 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 479 Write 438 Mixed 313 SusWrite 285 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 38.5 134% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 2.4 58% 143 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 129%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 58GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 265 296 300 299 292 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 429 Write 365 Mixed 345 SusWrite 290 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 34.2 115% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 187 159% 233 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 154GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 70 70 70 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 80 Write 68 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 69.4 53% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 76%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 14GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 30.5 Write 28.2 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 27.8 36% 27 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 5 423% 5.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.1% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 16.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 11.9 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 71%

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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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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 $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 $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