Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131121
Uptime	15.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 18:19
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Memory 79.6 1-Core 52.3 2-Core 111 51% 81.1 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 306 33% 260 Pts	64-Core 317 20% 317 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1161) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.6% Good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 75.5 74% 84.4 fps	MRender 65.7 Gravity 78.1 Splatting 70.5 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 100 27 26 26 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 342 Write 254 Mixed 293 SusWrite 70.4 54% 240 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 39.5 128% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 193 140% 183 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 143GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 311 302 290 316 315 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 411 Mixed 407 SusWrite 312 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 40.9 133% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 36.2 88% 185 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 128%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 69GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 50 49 50 49 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 43 Write 38.9 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 49.3 31% 41.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 69%
Generic Mini SD Reader 32GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 22GB free, PID 6377 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 17 18 19 19 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 18.4 Write 18.2 Mixed 17.9 SusWrite 18 25% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.2 211% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.9% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 16 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 11.8 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 81.2 49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 50%

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,678 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	866x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	209x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	111x
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 $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	61x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	29x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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