Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	152% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0 (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160718
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '22 at 00:59
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	64.4% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 142 61% 99.8 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 422 40% 332 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 374A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 81.6 62% 78.9 fps	MRender 75.9 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 70.8 60% 74.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-AG41TB 1TB 9,949 User benchmarks, average bench 306% 840GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM13.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 749 762 778 770 800 819 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,004 Write 1,055 Mixed 1,009 SusWrite 780 217% 962 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 45.9 153% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 447 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 369 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 191% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 473%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 271GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 747 620 479 479 479 479 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 130 131 129 124 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 109 Write 134 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 129 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 886GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 111 110 110 111 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 115 Write 122 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 110 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C10 4x8GB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 17.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 13 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 86%

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Gaming 52%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	37x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	22x
FX-8370AMD $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	9x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	7x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
CS900 240GBPNY $25Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	3x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 55%, 6,948 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $352

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