Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.1% 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	30.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 13:47
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 82.8 2-Core 159 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 381 43% 335 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.1% Below average	Lighting 39.4 Reflection 42 Parallax 38.1 32% 39.8 fps	MRender 34.5 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 34.1 29% 35.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 85 83 85 79 54 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.6% Below average	Read 237 Write 94.4 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 76.9 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 20.5 4K Mixed 11 47% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 15 DQ Write 89.6 DQ Mixed 161 92% 88.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 100%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 77GB free Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 106 107 106 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 112 Write 106 Mixed 76.6 SusWrite 106 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3640323AS 640GB-$134 2,758 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 183GB free Firmware: SD13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 97 101 101 101 102 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 91.6 Write 39.8 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 100 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 66%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 493GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 16 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 30.9 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 16.7 32% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 49%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 883GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 30.3 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 16.4 34% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 63%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 500GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 440GB free, PID ab10 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 107 Write 99.1 Mixed 26.2 91% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 18.4 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 14 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 54%

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX Builds (Compare 422 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	119x
FX-8150AMD $770Bench 59%, 22,181 samples	75x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	66x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	24x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	226x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	90x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	37x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $527

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