Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131106
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '20 at 17:06
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 74.5 2-Core 151 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 429 43% 348 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,541 Write 2,854 Mixed 2,960 694% 3,118 MB/s	4K Read 203 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 127 531% 148 MB/s	DQ Read 511 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 390 295% 402 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 66GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 76 81 85 96 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 95.5 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 82.8 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 57%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 18GB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 51 48 48 59 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 83.7 Write 52.5 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 50.5 78% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.4 183% 2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 73%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 9GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 30 30 33 33 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 35.3 Write 29.5 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 31.6 41% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.6% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 63%

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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