Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '21 at 02:17
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 62.7 2-Core 133 58% 94.5 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 444 42% 350 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 27.4 Parallax 35.4 21% 29.6 fps	MRender 33.8 Gravity 30.5 Splatting 27 25% 30.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Maxtor 7 L250S0 250GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: BANC1G10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 38 30 29 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 64.7 Write 55.5 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 35.8 34% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.9 215% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 36%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 111GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 75 73 75 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 88.8 Write 88.6 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 74.9 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 55%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 461GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 103 104 105 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 108 Write 98.8 Mixed 90.1 SusWrite 104 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,161 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 17.8 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 14.4 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 71%

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 Builds (Compare 19 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	12x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	2x
FX-8150AMD $770Bench 59%, 22,181 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	2x
HD 7970AMD $435Bench 36%, 6,727 samples	1x
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	1x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x
840 Pro 128GBSamsung $150Bench 90%, 34,842 samples	1x
840 Series 500GBSamsungBench 72%, 7,390 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 367 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	1x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	1x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $346

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16