Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	50.5% 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	38.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '21 at 18:28
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 59.7 2-Core 107 53% 82.9 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 308 32% 258 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 046C) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.5% Above average	Lighting 66 Reflection 65 Parallax 87.7 54% 72.9 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 42.9 44% 55.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 90 35 83 56 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 153 Write 340 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 83.5 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 22.6 65% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 165 115% 144 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 145GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 152 151 152 153 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 156 Write 136 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 152 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 109%
Toshiba MK2576GSX 250GB-$37 866 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 149GB free Firmware: GS101X SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 52 52 51 52 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 27.5 Write 30.8 Mixed 12.8 SusWrite 50.8 22% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 42%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 120GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 84GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 135 134 134 135 134 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 138 Mixed 166 SusWrite 134 209% 159 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 14.6 1,254% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 16.9 DQ Write 35 DQ Mixed 17.5 1,848% 23.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 254%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 32GB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 10GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 8.2 8.4 7 7.9 8.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	6.18% Terrible	Read 25.5 Write 10.5 Mixed 13.3 SusWrite 7.8 17% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1.5 63% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.18% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	41.7% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 10.6 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 54%

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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 Builds (Compare 423 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

Raft

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 $76Bench 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	38x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $523

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16