Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	56.2% 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	46.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '20 at 17:10
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 78.8 2-Core 115 60% 94.2 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 450 43% 353 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 65%

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: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Lighting 70.5 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 88.5 58% 76.5 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 58 54% 66.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 175 155 144 147 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 434 Write 180 Mixed 170 SusWrite 156 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 0.1 67% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1.7 DQ Write 70.3 DQ Mixed 74.4 46% 48.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 71%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 101GB free Firmware: UG2204RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 156 124 130 130 141 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 333 Write 282 Mixed 244 SusWrite 140 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 14.6 68% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 84.3 DQ Write 95.5 DQ Mixed 32.5 40% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 61%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 50GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 181 207 204 204 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 361 Write 308 Mixed 275 SusWrite 187 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 31.6 110% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 151 139% 213 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 921GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 219 217 220 219 220 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 165 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 218 126% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.8% Above average	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 18.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.5 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 72%

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,672 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	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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